Posted on 07/21/2009 6:23:32 AM PDT by jmcenanly
New York I'm one of the nearly 50 million Americans who don't have health insurance. I don't want it, either.
But the bill the House of Representatives is debating would force me to buy it. How good can any product be if Congress compels me to purchase it?
Politicians and interest groups have been trying virtually all my life to foist medical insurance on me. But their proposals rest on mistaken and even insulting assumptions.
First, they presume that everyone wants, needs, and should have abundant medical attention. But I come from a long-lived and healthy family, I've been a vegetarian since childhood because I've never liked the way meat tastes, I don't smoke, and I love to hike the more miles the better.
I am disgustingly healthy, so much so that the only doctors I see or try to: I'm near-sighted are ophthalmologists. Could I be hit by a bus tomorrow when I head out for my daily walk? Possibly. But that's such an unlikely disaster that I've chosen to spend my money on more personally pressing needs than medical insurance.
On the other hand, unlikely disasters do happen. So I might purchase catastrophic coverage if it were reasonably priced just as I might visit doctors for lesser complaints if their care were reasonably priced.
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The problem isn’t the deadbeat Beckys, the problem is the encroaching socialism that covers for the Beckys. Put the energy where it belongs, ending these so called safety nets.
NO Obamacare
Contact your Congress critters!
U. S. House of Representatives
Toll free capital switchboard numbers are:
800-965-4701
800-828-0498
That joke’s the first thing I thought of.
That used to drive a relative of mine crazy when she was working in the ER - no insurance, but they all had better cell phones than hers, with call waiting, call blocking, and every other feature.
"Many people think the Amish do not pay taxes. They do. But they have been exempted from paying Social Security. This story is little known to the general public today. It is full of drama, clashes with the government, issues of religious freedom, politics, and much more. For writing this 5-part series, I was privileged to have access to many original materials and personal letters."
“different” as in you believe in mandates, not freedom, for people like Becky, who, as a Christian Scientist, doesn’t accept western medical constructs for healing. SO? Why is it that the no-freedom people DEMAND tolerance from others for their views, but show no tolerance for diverse views? I am merely pointing out that you don’t seem to be much of a freedom-lover.
I served this country for 20 years to defend the freedom of intolerant people like you to define my expressing my opinion as:
- forcing my views down your throat
- not belonging in this forum.
Nice try but no cigar.
If Becky gets cancer I'm OK with a hospital letting her die if she cannot afford afford to pay and tells the rotten corrupt system she wants to die.
I'm not OK with uninsured people who can afford - but do not choose - to self-insure, expecting taxpayers to pick up their tab, which far too many of the uninsured do.
I rest my case.
Good Day Madam. Enjoy your freedom.
And the Christian Scientists are also exempt from Medicare
Thank you for your service to our great country. So you would be a person who understands, then, that unlike our European and English ancestors and counterparts, we are NOT subjects of our government, but assume that government instead serves US—and does not impose health insurance mandates upon us!
He has also assured the pharmaceutical companies of limited liability/no liability for certain drugs and vaccines.
One more question I have for you, since you are not OK with people who can afford insurance but don’t have it. How do you feel about people who can afford health care and don’t want insurance, specifically, they don’t want Medicare?
I wonder what will happen to the thousands, must be millions of dollars given out to the Aaron White program that provides free HIV meds.
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