Another symptom of the Republican "I've got mine, screw you" mentality. Paying taxes for roads, schools, healthcare is part of being a good citizen. I gladly pay taxes for education even though I don't have children because 1) It contributes to the greater good and 2) someone was good enough to do it before me. But Republicans have it so ingrained in citizen's heads that they shouldn't pay one red cent for something that doesn't immediately and directly benefit them that it is impossible to overcome.
Have you ever actually met any republicans? None of what you said about them is true, with a few exceptions that break all political affiliations. Republicans have no problems paying for things for the poor. It's called Charity, among other things. What they object to is facilitating dependency and enabling people to destroy their's and other people's lives. But I guess since you don't have your facts straight, facts don't matter to you.
The cheapest health insurance quote I've gotten is $1400 per month for one person. How is that supposed to work on a family income of $2000 a month with $600 a month going to rent?
That's me, too. I'm in my 50s and am self-employed. But even when I punched a clock, most employers didn't have health insurance plans. It's not required.
Luckily, since I'm low-income, my kids are covered, but I am not.
There is too much to say about health care so I will just make one point. I don't know if we will ever have affordable health care but government is not the answer. When government gets involved it tends to raise prices by leaving providers with the impression that what ever they charge the bill will be paid.
Where in the world did you get that idea, bob? The US spends more on health care for less return than anyone.
http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/spend.php
Most developed nations have non-profit universal insurance systems, which have no incentive to deny coverage or to fix prices. Take the profit motive out (no dividends, no golden parachutes, no bonuses for denying payments), and we will have coverage on par with Canada and Europe. And the citizens of those countries look at the US health care system and feel sorry for us.
Yet when someone who can afford it from one of these countries wants the best care they come here. Health care in most other countries far from being on a par with the U.S. only looks that way by distorted figures. Common numbers like life expectancy and infant mortality that are used to make foreign health care look good only look good if you don't look at how the data is collected. For example life expectancy is skewed by violent death which is far too high in some of our cities.
Another symptom of the Republican "I've got mine, screw you" mentality. Paying taxes for roads, schools, healthcare is part of being a good citizen. I gladly pay taxes for education even though I don't have children because 1) It contributes to the greater good and 2) someone was good enough to do it before me. But Republicans have it so ingrained in citizen's heads that they shouldn't pay one red cent for something that doesn't immediately and directly benefit them that it is impossible to overcome.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever actually met any republicans? None of what you said about them is true, with a few exceptions that break all political affiliations. Republicans have no problems paying for things for the poor. It's called Charity, among other things. What they object to is facilitating dependency and enabling people to destroy their's and other people's lives. But I guess since you don't have your facts straight, facts don't matter to you.
ReplyDeleteThe cheapest health insurance quote I've gotten is $1400 per month for one person. How is that supposed to work on a family income of $2000 a month with $600 a month going to rent?
ReplyDeleteThat's me, too. I'm in my 50s and am self-employed. But even when I punched a clock, most employers didn't have health insurance plans. It's not required.
ReplyDeleteLuckily, since I'm low-income, my kids are covered, but I am not.
There is too much to say about health care so I will just make one point. I don't know if we will ever have affordable health care but government is not the answer. When government gets involved it tends to raise prices by leaving providers with the impression that what ever they charge the bill will be paid.
ReplyDeleteWhere in the world did you get that idea, bob? The US spends more on health care for less return than anyone.
ReplyDeletehttp://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/spend.php
Most developed nations have non-profit universal insurance systems, which have no incentive to deny coverage or to fix prices. Take the profit motive out (no dividends, no golden parachutes, no bonuses for denying payments), and we will have coverage on par with Canada and Europe. And the citizens of those countries look at the US health care system and feel sorry for us.
Yet when someone who can afford it from one of these countries wants the best care they come here. Health care in most other countries far from being on a par with the U.S. only looks that way by distorted figures. Common numbers like life expectancy and infant mortality that are used to make foreign health care look good only look good if you don't look at how the data is collected. For example life expectancy is skewed by violent death which is far too high in some of our cities.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't know ...I haven't been to a doctor in six years. Personally, I'd take second-best to none at all.
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