delta1 wrote:Sieg heil...jump or you die...
how often have you ridden in an ambulance or had the fire department stop your house from burning down? Prolly never, but you're paying for that, we all are...
everybody who now says that people are only entitled to the health insurance they pay for conveniently forget the public health insurance they will get when they are 65 with tons of pre-existing conditions, for the rest of their lives...at WAY LESS than what that premium actually would cost....
I'm not the person to ask that of... 1 ambulance ride for me, one for the wife, one for the daughter... A couple more visits from the ambulance as well... And the fire department saved me back in my 20's when a piece of insulation fell onto the heater blower.... Filled the whole house with thick smoke...
Some years we pay a yearly fee for private ambulance insurance...
We also pay $700 a month for some very high quality health care...
Do I wish everyone had the same kind of health care for whatever they could afford? In fantasy land, yes... But in reality, that would mean my quality of health care would decline significantly... It would mean no more instant appointments with the doctor of my choice, no more picking up the phone to talk directly with the world class surgeon who rebuilt my ankle...
The system would be instantly overwhelmed with people, doctors would jump ship to make more money elsewhere, and I would go sign up with a different, more expensive yet higher quality plan that would last until people who can't afford it start demanding it for themselves...
I don't have a perfect solution, but forcing anyone to do anything against their will isn't it... Have a cheap, government run insurance plan that's available to the masses for a price we can afford And subsidize it with taxes if need be... And if we - the masses - decide not to get it, let that be our gamble... And if we - the masses - decide to invest in a higher quality insurance plan, let that be ours as well...