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Old 04-02-2014, 10:18 AM  
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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam View Post


Let me tell you a real story.

Last year, someone I know, who was uninsured, was loading his mud-bogging 4x4 monster Jeep onto a trailer with a hoist -- the vehicle was disabled and it was too wide for the trailer. He had the trailer mickey moused to hold the Jeep's width (stupid -- accident waiting to happen) -- the truck slipped off the trailer and he ended up with broken ribs and a punctured lung.

He didn't go to the hospital right away -- the lung got infected. No insurance, yadda yadda, waited until he was nearly dead, had to be talked into consenting for the surgery by a friend in the end. After 10 days in the hospital, the bill was near $245,000.00

He will bankrupt, lose his house, and in the end: The Federal government will reimburse the hospital maybe $35K of the bill. He doesn't have much now and he will have nothing but his future life to live.

For a lot of people that is CapitalistCare in America.
That of course is a tragic story and there are thousands like them. Thousands of tragic stories though do not trump what will happen to the millions of people that will be impacted negatively by the new laws.

Instead of punishing millions to help out thousands, we need to find another way to help out those thousands and leave the millions alone.
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