RE: Man Uses $1m Win To Finally Visit Doctor, Gets Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Dies
February 5, 2018 at 6:30 pm
(This post was last modified: February 5, 2018 at 6:43 pm by John V.)
(February 5, 2018 at 6:15 pm)Shell B Wrote: Where did you note that?
Post 89 - "This is a discussion forum and I'm speaking in very general terms. For instance, working smarter - choosing the correct skill sets to develop - is also a big factor, but I'm just lumping it all into one term."
Quote:Working smarter is not working harder. Those words mean different things, but yes, I do believe that being able to work smarter when it's to your advantage will help you keep up with the cost of medical insurance.
So will working more hours. Poor people can get ACA coverage for 2% - 9.5% of their income, depending on income and family size. That's not a Herculean task.
Quote:I'm not sure how it does against medical costs insurance doesn't cover. Probably not much unless you're in the 1%.
And that's an argument for single-payer, which I don't oppose.
You get that you can buy health insurance if you work and prioritize your spending. That was my main point about the guy in the article.
(February 5, 2018 at 5:41 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: You’re asserting, as though it’s obvious truth, that poor people are poor because their lazy. I’m just wondering if you’re ever going to demonstrate that assertion with evidence.
No, I'm saying that someone who can't afford insurance now could do so if they worked harder, or smarter, or whatever is going to get them some more money - 2 to 9% more.
Poor people can be poor for lots of reasons. Laziness is just one of them.
Really folks, this isn't that difficult. The guy wasn't starving. He had a truck, and work, and ten bucks to buy a lottery ticket. If he had either found a way to cut his expenditures by 2 - 9%, or earned that much more money, or a combination of the two, he could have had health insurance. That isn't some impossible task.
