| Health Care Debate and defend your thoughts on the current health care system. Compare and contrast the current health care system of the US to other countries. | 
04-10-2008, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by fxashun  I guess you are wrong. If they are an adult when they get sick, they should have paid into the system.
| Pay into what system? We don't have a system. | 
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04-10-2008, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by fxashun MRSA would be covered in an emergency room. Infectious diseases like that are covered under the current system. | And who pays for ER visits for people who can't afford it? YOU DO, you nit.
Besides the fact that ER visits are roughly 10 times the cost of a doctor's visit.
That's been part of the problem for so long, people using the ER for what should just be routine doctor's visits. | |
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04-10-2008, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by knot_e_lady Pay into what system? We don't have a system. | All emergency rooms are required to treat an emergency. And a MRSA staph infection would be considered an emergency since it is a hazard to the community. Quote:
Originally Posted by knot_e_lady And who pays for ER visits for people who can't afford it? YOU DO, you nit.
Besides the fact that ER visits are roughly 10 times the cost of a doctor's visit.
That's been part of the problem for so long, people using the ER for what should just be routine doctor's visits. | I don't, my insurance does. Hospital stays are hella expensive.
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04-10-2008, 02:56 PM
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Level up: 1%, 1 Points needed | | " Just as people without children help pay for education and people whose houses never burn down pay for the fire service."And just as gay people help subsidize education for other people's kids... | 
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04-10-2008, 02:58 PM
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Level up: 58%, 154 Points needed | | No, your tax dollars pay for the emergency room visits of those uninsured who go there for care and don't pay the bill. | |
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04-10-2008, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by waitingtables No, your tax dollars pay for the emergency room visits of those uninsured who go there for care and don't pay the bill. | Exactly. | |
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04-10-2008, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by fxashun I don't, my insurance does. | Oh, now THAT'S funny.
Did you hear that, everybody? Insurance companies pay for hospital visits, and NEVER EVER charge that back to their policy holders.
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04-10-2008, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by knot_e_lady Oh, now THAT'S funny.
Did you hear that, everybody? Insurance companies pay for hospital visits, and NEVER EVER charge that back to their policy holders.
ROFLMAO!!! | While you think you are being a smart ass...I said "my" insurance does. I only pay an optional $415 a year just so that I can have more doctor options. My base insurance is free.
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04-10-2008, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by fxashun While you think you are being a smart ass...I said "my" insurance does. I only pay an optional $415 a year just so that I can have more doctor options. My base insurance is free. | It's only free to you, because the taxpayer is picking up your insurance bill, so you don't have to worry about it.
A privilege you seek to deny to your fellow Americans (and resident aliens!).
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04-10-2008, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by nasty_nate " Just as people without children help pay for education and people whose houses never burn down pay for the fire service."And just as gay people help subsidize education for other people's kids... | So does the guy masturbating while watching the 10 year old next door playing in the pool, polygamists, incestuos couples, and that guy screwing his cat. They all pay taxes too.
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