Not everyone is equipped with the attributes to do well enough in the marketplace to land and keep a job that offers good insurance. And why should affordable health insurance/care be based upon one’s ability to land such a job? What does one thing have to do with another? A lot, but it shouldn’t. People should have the right to get basic decent health care in accordance with what they can pay imo. It’s not a luxury. It’s a necessity. I guess this is where I differ from the standard conservative pov. Whether they are just dishwashers or burger flippers I don’t believe that responsible human beings should have to suffer in a wealthy, modern civilized nation just because they don’t have the inherent intelligence, aptitude, or social traits to land a job that his/her peers deem worthy. Healthcare is too inflated these days. For instance, 100 bucks and up just to talk with a doctor for 10-15 min and be handed a prescription? Not good.
There ought to be consequences for bad decisions. Take care of yourself and get right with God and God will take care of you. Don’t expect the government to steal my money to take care of you. The government is not intended to be a forced charity that uses guns to keep the “donations” rolling in.
“For instance, 100 bucks and up just to talk with a doctor for 10-15 min and be handed a prescription? Not good.”
Do you have a clue what CAUSED the current miserable situation? I am old enough to recall a time before medicare when we had very LITTLE government involvement and a person could walk into a doctor’s office as a stranger without an appointment, sit and wait for less time than you have to wait now if you arrive ON TIME for an appointment and be “worked in”, see a doctor and pay a whopping five dollars. Something even better would be available now if not for government interference over a span of decades, if it continues there will soon be no REAL health care for anyone except the super wealthy.