Life is hard.
People should be allowed to take risks, in a free society.
If someone decides NOT to buy insurance, and then gets sick, there is a solution:
BANKRUPTCY!
A perfectly honorable option for people who guessed wrong and took risks they could not cover.
Also, as stated before, there are ALREADY options in every state for “Guaranteed Issue” policies.
Yes, they are very expensive.
However, if someone goes for, say, 10 years without paying insurance, gets sick, and then demands a policy, then that person SHOULD pay more than the rest of us, who planned ahead!
You want to cover the alcoholic, tobacco using, meth using criminal class (as one “uninsured” segment) at NO premium?
Why?
Sympathy is one thing. I do not judge those who guessed wrong, or failed to plan their futures well. We all make mistakes.
However, it is absolutely NOT the responsibility of the rest of us to “bail out” people who take bad risks.
You are REWARDING bad behavior, by telling people not to worry about buying their own insurance, since the government will guarantee them a policy, when the get sick?
How about I buy no auto insurance until -— After my next wreck???
“You want to cover the alcoholic, tobacco using, meth using criminal class (as one “uninsured” segment) at NO premium?”
Do I? I never said that.
“You are REWARDING bad behavior, by telling people not to worry about buying their own insurance, since the government will guarantee them a policy, when the get sick?”
I am? When did I say that?
I asked: what is the GOP alternative to socialized medicine?
So, what is (or what should be) the GOP alternative to socialized medicine?
Can you take a stab at that question?