Ken wrote:We already use 1/2 of our federal budget or $1 trillion for Welfare and Medicare/Medicaid, basically taking care of the unfortunate. How much do you think it will require increasing our budget to cover another 30+ million people that don't qualify to existing programs? And why don't they qualify?? Who is going to pay for this? What will be the effects of trying to pay for it? Start up effects, short term, long term effects...
I heard a news report that stated Medicare was going to take a huge cut, but don't worry as the money will be made up by cutting down on Medicare fraud... We don't need universal health care to cut down on fraud, why hasn't that been being done from the beginning? This is not Obama’s fault as it has been going on way before him. He is merely trying to cash in on it, give himself a legacy...
Medical costs are a large reason for bankruptcies!!! Really?
Is there a set percentage ratio of medical bills to personal bills to qualify to state this? ...NO... Many people that list medical as reason for bankruptcy had being living with their credit maxed out and making minimum payments for a long history.
Anything unexpected sends them into financial ruin... Medical is merely used as an excuse oftentimes. Bankruptcies are public record. Anyone interested can visit their local courthouse and see the details...
In truth, entertainment is far more important to most than saving for a rainy day. Who expects to get hit with a health problem anyways... The most expensive car-that the bank says you can afford, and 1 for your spouse, the most expensive house-that the bank says you can afford, nice vacations, eating out at restaurants, hitting a movie, stopping by the bar a few times a week and no money is left for anything unexpected...
Yes, the wealthy and the business should pay for our healthcare! We need our money for more entertaining things! We deserve it!
Yes, people get ill. There is no cure for what the majority of people get ill with, the common cold. No need to go to the doctor for it. We are rapidly approaching the ineffectiveness of anti-biotics already due to over use, misuse, abuse... Allergies? I see people that take medicine everyday, yet still have the same allergy results... Maybe soon they will invent a pill so that people no longer need to exercise! What an inconvenience that is! (those are the type of people that tend to get sick more often, as is over weight, smokers, heavy drinkers, drug users, get the picture, see the pattern...) How is more insurance going to help them as it will repeat endlessly…
In our PC world, we are being lead, and even encouraged to be expectant and dependant on others, especially our government. No personal responsibility or accountability. I don't mind helping people that want to help themselves, I am against helping the lazy, free-loader, take advantage, want something for nothing, type people that somehow believe that they deserve and have rights for it...
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