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Originally Posted by Azure
If you come running into a hospital in the US with your leg cut off, they'll treat you. With or without insurance. Problem is paying for it afterwords. Because of the idea of giving people a choice, if you don't have insurance, you pay for the health care out of your own pocket.
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GAPING LOGICAL FLAW ALERT!
GAPING LOGICAL FLAW ALERT!
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Originally Posted by Azure
But by forcing people to get health care or being subject to a fine, all they're doing is forcing people into the public option. Assuming of course that nothing is done to the private side of the equation in regards to fixing certain insurance practices.
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A reasonable conclusion if it wasn't based on a gaping logical flaw.
Insurance is a byproduct of wealth, generally the more wealth you have the more insurance you have (health, car, fire, theft, collision, life).
Those that are not insured (in super-duper rare cases) are not wealthy.
Those people sometimes can't pay their bills. Therefore, a system has to be set up so everyone pays for it equitably. Those that chose not to be insured should still help with the costs of those that can't afford to pay their bills.
Do you grasp this concept? Am I not explaining it well?