Uni Health Care

[Eilonnwy]

To Elion:

It's not ok for anyone to pay for anyone elses health insurance if they don't want to. Charity is done out of someones free will. They can choose to help someone or choose not to. It's not forcing them to pay. The government takeover of the health care industry would FORCE Americans to pay for everyones health insurance. That is not constitutional. You don't force anyone to pay any money they don't want to pay for anything. I never said what was covered and what wasn't. To me the price I pay isn't pricey. If someone can't afford that price then they can pay for what they can afford. The whole idea is to have options and to be able to pick your own coverage and what you want. If you have money to pay for something more then great. If not...then ok. I am still going to hold fast to the idea that if someone wants anything in life to be easy they had better find a good job and not expect to flip burgers for a living and live like people who make three and four times as much as they do. If you want the perks of good health care...then work for it.

Okay, we've established that you don't care about anyone but yourself. Even still, your logic is flawed. Also you're classifying this as the government takeover of healthcare, and it's not. Private companies will still exist and since the public option will produce competition with the insurance company, it will bring your price down, make them accountable for the horrible practices they engaging in right now. It's not just about making sure everyone has health insurance, but to making sure whether your insurance doesn't just drop you for getting sick. It's not just about providing a public option, but reformed these horrible malpractices that happen should you actually get sick or injured.

The fact, though, that you think life is as simple as "get a job and work for it" means you have no idea how this world works. Some people have it bad through no fault of their own. Some people have opportunities that others don't. Telling them to just work hard for it is not the fix-all solution. And you're statement that if people want things to be easy they need to work hard? That's an oxymoron.