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Originally Posted by dyna mo
not at all. i am saying the options you provided were lacking the most important one- you assuming responsibility for yourself. the fact is you need health care coverage, this is 2009. hc is outrageously expensive, i get that, i am a self-employed diabetic, not easy or cheap to get coverage and the coverage i do get doesn't cover my pre-existing condition. i pay a few hundred a month for insurance and ~$600 on insulin and testing supplies and my visits to my endo. so i am sure you can find insurance for much much less than $600/month, closer to $200 i'd say.
moreover, it would simply be irresponsible of me to not have coverage, blame it on the government or my current income and decide to not take care of myself or be prepared for any illness/accidents.
fact is, as much as a cluster fuck as it all is, the government is trying to help people like you and me with this plan. will it work? don't know. that's not the point
the point is it's not going to work to not have coverage or to say it's not fair to pay in when everyone else will be paying your bills when shit hits the fan for you, which it will eventually.
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What I'm saying is they are going about the wrong way, forcing people to buy from a for-profit insurance company is fundamentally wrong, I would have less problem with a single-payer or socialized healthcare system,
(but the government being the government would in that case raise my taxes %30 to pay for it and then spend the surplus on pork.)
I'm 50+ and also diabetic, even though I'm type II and controlled with medication the insurance is still too high for me to afford atm.
as for me not assuming responsibility for myself I've always paid my own healthcare bills, and it's one hell of a lot cheaper than buying insurance, you my friend are making the assumption that I would just walk away from what I owe.
unlike you I don't believe in the altruism of government, they are doing it to make political points and nothing more.