Don't Support Obama's Health Care Reform? You Might be a Racist

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by AGDee

That said, I have a really hard time understanding why people don't want everybody to have health insurance and access to good health care. I just don't get why people think that either some people should just be left to die or that hospitals should be expected to provide services for free. It doesn't make sense to me.

Most people I know who have reservations about or are against the health care changes (me included) are more worried about rising premiums, getting dropped by their current insurers and/or being forced into a new government plan that covers less but costs more to the individual. Insinuating that people with these valid concerns want others to just die in the streets is pretty insulting.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Most people I know who have reservations about or are against the health care changes (me included) are more worried about rising premiums, getting dropped by their current insurers and/or being forced into a new government plan that covers less but costs more to the individual.

Right. My sense is that the question about making sure everyone has access to affordable coverage that brings about the divisions are not the "whether" but the "how."

And I think the problems of the "how" are exacerbated by our decision years ago to rely primarily on an employee benefit-based system. Wish we could have a do-over on that.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Right. My sense is that the question about making sure everyone has access to affordable coverage that brings about the divisions are not the "whether" but the "how."

And I think the problems of the "how" are exacerbated by our decision years ago to rely primarily on an employee benefit-based system. Wish we could have a do-over on that.

I never understood why health insurance should have anything to do with your employment. Why health insurance? Why not car insurance, your phone bill, or rent? In fact, let's just let our employers pick our cable provider, type of car we drive, home, and everything else and just pay all of our bills for us in lieu of a salary?

/Tounge + cheek

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

I never understood why health insurance should have anything to do with your employment. Why health insurance? Why not car insurance, your phone bill, or rent? In fact, let's just let our employers pick our cable provider, type of car we drive, home, and everything else and just pay all of our bills for us in lieu of a salary?

/Tounge + cheek

As opposed to the Government picking out and paying for all of those things in lieu of a salary?

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

As opposed to the Government picking out and paying for all of those things in lieu of a salary?

Don't be ridiculous, then we'd be Commies.

/Snarf