Posted on 10/17/2006 9:26:18 PM PDT by Checkers
Romney/Perry in '08?
Wow. I could look at that! ;-)
sarcasm?
Mitt didn't get a universal healthcare law passed. With the assistance of the Heritage Foundation, you know, that ultra-liberal group, he got a bill passed that provides strong incentives for everyone in the state who can afford it to buy health insurance.
It's not perfect, but to those of you who say that it should be up to the individual as to whether or not they want health insurance, my question is: if someone shows up to an emergency room now, the ER has to admit them (if they are sick, injured, whatever). It seems only fair that with this law in place, that we require people to have insurance. Because there is no way that the ER can reject someone if they cannot pay for it.
yep
I mean a robot in the way he scripts everything, is polished to perfection, and almost seems more like an archetype incarnate than a real human being. Poor word choice, sorry.
Excusing socialism because of the costs of socialism doesn't work well. Google up "circular logic".
So are you saying that emergency rooms should require proof of payment before they operate on someone? What if the person is incapacitated but has insurance but cannot prove it? What if he's been stabbed and mugged? Should the ER refuse him because might not have insurance and might not be able to pay his bill.
I would think that emergency room patients fall under the term "market failure" item: the purchaser is often incapacitated, and some sort of safeguard needs to exist to protect the ER against people who cannot pay. You simply cannot have a market in these conditions.
So, if I understand correctly, you are saying that no conservative can be elected?
Well, that's just great, so it's RINOS or Democrats?
I'm saying that privately run hospitals didn't used to worry about it so much BEFORE the ton of government crap came crashing down on them. Insurance companies weren't as screwed up because our courts didn't used to allow people to pass off their own stupidity on the rest of us.
If you are so worried about some complete stranger being able to pay his hospital tab, you pay for him. I don't know him and I don't care. I'm tired of you leeches assuaging your own guilt by robbing my pockets to pay for it.
The Big Dig has buried Mitt Romney. All that will happen is that the reputations of this A-team will wind up in the same pit.
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