“If I had my way I would outlaw health insurance and force doctors and hospitals to accept what people could afford to pay.”
Since I was pinged here by both of you, My reply is intended for both of you.
The part about “what people could afford to pay” wasn’t what I focused on. It was “If I had my way I would outlaw health insurance and force doctors and hospitals to accept”.
My reading of that was that you, ez, as an individual would dictate the abolishment of health insurance and you would dictate that doctors and hospitals were forbidden to set their own rates for services. Is not that the role of a king or some other absolute ruler?
As I read other posts on this thread by you, you explained your words to mean you were supporting free markets and market forces. It would have been easier for everyone if you had said that in the first place.
I apologize for pinging you out of the blue, but I was called a marxist, and felt the need to defend myself. Thank you for your reasonable response. I understand how some people misread what I said through my choice of words, but I am disturbed by the enthusiasm for the “gotcha” game around here and the knee-jerk, frothing at the mouth tendency to slander anyone who says anything controversial, even 13 year FReepers with a record of conservatism.