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Originally posted by Phoenix
The problem isnt crackwhores or mishandled socialism.
The problem is people. So many people rely so much on medication. Maybe there is a reason people get arthritis, strokes, cancer, or the other myriad of human diseases/conditions.
There is a difference between existing and living. We need all to wake up and realise it. |
When your mother or your sister goes into kidney failure and has to be put on bi-daily dialisys, you be sure to post about it here so I can tell you to fuck off and get over it. Would you like me to also spit in your face or would you prefer I just kick you in the balls right now and we'll call it a day? Perhaps we can hire an elite team of ninja snipers to sit on top of city buildings and start popping anyone that doesn't appear to be in 100% tip-top health...
Is this seriously your answer to this problem? "Just let the old fucks die, it's too expensive to keep them alive anyway." wtg!
Darus:
Your proposal is downright naive. "Do away with insurance, if we're all smart with our money (and incredibly lucky), we'll never need it!"
Yes. Yeah, that's a very realistic approach to the problem, gj. In fact of the 50 million (or however many) people there are in this country, I'm sure it is perfectly reasonable to expect that, well not only is everyone as good with money as you claim to be, but also, everyone can easily go 5 or more years without getting sick, and only ever have about oh, $5,000 in medical bills in a given time.
Yeah.
You haven't gotten sick in 5 years, you are impervious to infection, you can afford a sudden $20,000 deductible, and the only medical bills you HAVE had, only total $1,200. Ok, let's take a show of hands as to how many other people in this country can claim the same. Shit, I had a dental visit 2 weeks ago that was $1,600 just by itself. I had 2 cavities on the upper left side of my mouth. Uh oh, I shouldn't have said that out loud, now I had better watch out for those ninja snipers on my way home today....
Does anyone have any actual input to this subject or do we all just gobble up what our patron talking-heads spew in while we snort anthrax, kill elderly, and dodge bullets like Darus and Phoenix?