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Originally Posted by fxashun  Yeah, it sounds a bit like a socialist plan to me too. I agree health care should be provided for kids and the disabled, but forcing healthy working people to bear the brunt for everybody in the country's health care? Naaa. | Hmmm, good drivers currently pay premiums that subsidize bad drivers. That is not socialism, but the way actuarial science is applied to risk insurance. Enlarging the risk pool and collecting more premiums minimizes overall risk. You might argue that more people means more claims. This is probably true, but then more people can be treated sooner for serious medical conditions before their condition erupts into an expensive life threatening event. Expensive medical care now provided by emergency rooms for people without insurance could be provided to these individuals by an appropriate GP or clinic. Just think how nice a trip to the ER that does not involve hours of waiting in a queue loaded with people suffering only from a cold.
You may have great medical benefits now, but what about five years from now? What if you were to loose them? One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small,
And the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all. |