[YOUGOTIT]

As I saw this woman last week in a convenience store where I had stopped to get gas. She told the clerk that she could not afford health insurance because it cost too much but she bought two cartons of cigs and two cases of beer and I said that was enough to pay for health insurance and almost got my head handed to me. Most are uninsured because they want to be and there is NO hospital that will turn away a patient whether they have insurance or not. So we have a vast number who are riding the horse of the tax paying public for their medical care. There are NO uninsured in the United States.

[bronxboy]

I don't pretend to know to know what the answer is, but I worry for my children's sake. I do not want a government run bureaucracy, but when I was hospitalized for abdominal surgery, there must have been 20 illegals, with no insurance in the ER. Somehow, some way we have to get the freeloaders out of the system. If I sound harsh, sorry, but I am sick of paying for the deadbeats of the world.

[spikeytx86]

I wish a company would come out with a catastrophic coverage policy that kicked in when medical bills exceeded 20,25, or 30% of the policy holders income. That would mean everything outside of Hospitalization and Surgeries would be paid out of pocket but bankrupting sized incidents like heart problems or cancer would be covered. I cant imagine a policy like that would be awfully expensive and it would be IMO a responsible level of coverage. Someone on here posted a similar Idea the other day and it has been bouncing around my head ever since.

[Springman]

Bump for later.

[Marie]

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[JoeGar]

To sum-up the healthcare debate: "EVERYBODY WANTS SOMEBODY ELSE TO PAY FOR HIS HEALTH CARE."

[ridesthemiles]

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.