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Originally Posted by honeychile
FTW
Bottom line: if health care is to be universal, then every American citizen should have exactly the same health care plan as the President, both Houses, and their families. Anything less is an insult to our intelligence.
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But your proposing that everyone should have the same insurance and that is not what Americans want. We all want to choose our own insurance...which may be the policy that the President and Congress enjoy, but it may also be a cheaper policy that only covers catastrophic coverage so that we don't have to pay huge monthly bills for the policy. If health care is to be universal, then every American citizen should be expected to have some level of responsibility towards covering their own insurance needs. Leaving the health care expenses for the nation to the tax payers is ridiculous. Instead of buying expensive electronics and cars, first, we all need to cover ourselves for the very real threats to our health. For those that cannot afford coverage, the government can subsidize policies. I understand that paying for health insurance is an expense that doesn't seem to make sense when you don't make much money and you can't see the tangible benefits. Unfortunately, responsibility mandates that you buy the insurance anyway. I sure hated to pay for it when I lived off of $9000 a year in med school, but I didn't really have much of a choice since it was a requirement for enrollment.
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