RE: Man Uses $1m Win To Finally Visit Doctor, Gets Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Dies
February 3, 2018 at 3:28 pm
(This post was last modified: February 3, 2018 at 3:35 pm by John V.)
(February 3, 2018 at 1:46 pm)Shell B Wrote: Dude, it's not about whether you have health insurance or not.
According to the article it was.
(February 3, 2018 at 2:57 pm)Industrial Lad Wrote:(February 3, 2018 at 1:14 pm)alpha male Wrote: Rich? When I was 23 I got a job at a convenience store that gave me health insurance. If you work harder than other people, it's not that tough to have health insurance.
Are you saying health care should only be for the very hardest workers? Because if so that's ridiculous.
I'm saying that people have some personal responsibility to see that they have insurance.
In this case, they say he was a skilled carpenter, yet couldn't afford health insurance. That means he wasn't disciplined enough to be self-employed, and should have been working for an employer with health benefits.
(February 3, 2018 at 3:28 pm)Aegon Wrote: Lol. TIL that all health insurance plans are equal, I guess. I'll tell you right now that if it weren't for Medicare Part B I wouldn't have been able to afford dialysis treatments or a kidney transplant. Good ol Nixon gave kidney patients socialism in the 70s. Other people aren't so lucky.
Not so lucky? That attitude is part of the issue. People pay for everything else in life, but act as if you need luck to pay medical bills. No, you need insurance, and a savings account with money for deductibles. If you work hard and don't buy lottery tickets, you can have those things.
