Posted on 04/08/2006 12:31:47 PM PDT by UnklGene
To sum-up the healthcare debate: "EVERYBODY WANTS SOMEBODY ELSE TO PAY FOR HIS HEALTH CARE."
True, but you would think that people could understand that if someone else pays the bills they are going to want to call the shots as well. I call it willful ignorance.
I don't think people understand that. We've had over 40 years of the mantra that "gov't pays". And we can vote for the benefits we want.
I really do think that most people don't have the time or information to understand how it works.
I had no health insurance for over 10 years, as a self-employed person. They priced it right off my plate, and I told them so.
I paid at the clinic for whatever I needed, and I paid for more expensive stuff when I needed.
I wasn't homeless. I wasn't unemployed. I took care of myself. I didn't contribute to the closing of trauma centers and hospitals that were forced to close from treating so many non-paying patients.
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