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Originally Posted by Exotic Gold
This is basically why all Republicans are stupid. Yes, all of you Republicans I just called you stupid. Because you are.
A BMW dealership is free enterprise. They sell BMWs to people who want them, nobody needs one and thus can make a free decision on where to buy and how much to pay. If you go to Beverly Hills there are a lot of dealerships. If you go to Bismark, SD, there are next to none. If my neighbor buys a BMW or does not it has no effect on me.
Healthcare is an expense that can arrive without warning and you have no choice but to purchase it. If a drunk douchebag runs over my foot in a parking lot and takes off, what am I to do? Shop around? Negotiate one ambulance against another?
I need it now, I have no ability to make any decision as to what vendor I will choose and thus, not free enterprise. If my neighbor has no health care and comes over to borrow a cup of sugar and coughs on me, great now I have his strep throat or flu.
So in a country as wealthy as America every single person in the nation should have healthcare for all issue great and tiny and we should find a way to pay for it.
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I think his idea is that if there is actual competition when it comes to health care you can choose (like what doctor you want for your regular check-ups and visits to be with and what surgeon or hospital you want if you need something done and have time to make a decision) it will lower costs across the board. So when you need an ambulance ride or you end up in the ER in an emergency situation the costs across the board will be lower no matter where you go. You didn't choose them right then, but many others had chosen them (or someone else) when they had the chance to and the competition drives the prices down.