10thJustice
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- Oct 20, 2009
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- Slightly Liberal
So you want the advantages of insurance without ......
Wait a minute if you are willing to pay the doctor what insurance costs why don't you just PAY FOR INSURANCE?
I wonder if the 250 million insured people in the United States would agree that profit is superficial. While liberal rhetoric would have you believe Conservatives believe in corporations over people, the truth is conservative believe less government control is the best way for the people.
There are countries full of people that feel exactly as you. This just happens not to be one of them. They aren't just cliches, they are the way we want to live. The way of life ourselves and our family members have fought to preserve. If freedom means I don't get health care at some point in my life, so be it. at least I will not have callouses where the chains resided.
It's been widely proven that the infant mortality numbers aren't accurate because of reporting differences. We can't even decide within our own country when life begins...........
Did you know that the United States has the longest life expectancy if you remove lifestyle factors like automobile deaths and firearm deaths?
Foreigners aren't flocking here to use our insurance? Hell a person from ALABAMA can't get insurance from IOWA. You think a foreigner can?
1. I will pay for health insurance but not to a private company. Those companies have broad and sweeping power to deny coverage after I jave been paying premiums for years. My only recourse would be to bring a "bad faith" coverage litigation in state court, which could be expensive. Some policies require binding arbitration, which limit your discovery rights. So private health insurance may be a bad investment. That's why a majority of Americans prefer a Public Option.
2. Profit seeking is "superficial" concern when it comes to matters of human health and human life. Wall St. owns our health care industry. If my child needs an expensive operation in order to live a normal life like other kids; and I've been paying premiums for years expecting to be covered in these situations; I don't want Wall St. bankers deciding whether the procedure is profitable for their firm. Those clowns nearly destroyed the entire economy with bad mortgages and derivatives; you think its safe to leaave health care decisions to them??? I'd rather insure my family with a legitimate health care institution not an investment bank.
3. Americans don't want socialism; nor do we want cowboy capitalism which has brought us to the precipice of economic collapse. We want the best of both worlds. Americans are liberals with a libertarian streak. We want freedom for INDIVIDUALS but regulation for CORPORATIONS!!! Do you understand this concept???
4. France which is accused of having "socialist" medicine have better results than we do in deaths from heart disease and other major categories of illnesses. American medicine is good but its not so good that we can't learn from others.