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Originally Posted by Gozer
Really Azure, the logical extension of your argument is that if I choose to not buy insurance then a doctor has the same right - to refuse to treat me until payed.
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If you choose not to buy health insurance then no insurance company is going to pay your bills for it. And yes, in a 'free market system'....a doctor certainly has the right not to treat you until you pay for the services.
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It's actually quite reasonable, if you are bankrupt then a restaurant isn't required by law to feed you and if you are homeless then a hotel is not required by law to house you. Both hypotheticals can be equally as urgent but the government demands more of the health care industry.
And, just like any other industry, the paying customer always absorbs an arbitrary burden.
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Oh, now I see where you're going with this. You're again, missing the point.
The issue is solely with whether or not this issue is constitutional or not.
I'm not arguing about the moral side of it, or whether or not smokers and fat people should pay more because they're a bigger burden, etc, etc.
Not even going there.
I'm JUST talking about the legal side here.