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tennisdude818 posted...

And yes, I think people would voluntarily step up and help poor people obtain healthcare. Especially if the government steps out of the way, leading to lower prices and taxes. That is much more moral than saddling the next generation with debt from present social program spending.

What would be better would be if the healthcare industry in this country wasn't FOR PROFIT and gouged on every service they provide in the hopes that one insurance provider or another might actually pay the downright obscene charges they bill to the insurance companies.

Same applies to the insurance companies. When I had an individual plan from Blue Cross here in the 90's we started out paying $80 a month for very basic care. Within a year or so that very basic plan was $200+ because according to the insurance company 'people were over using their plans' and/or 'they had to increase it to pay for new tech/procedures'. Yet I'm willing to bet if any people insured under those plans had one of those new procedures they were left holding the bag for the most part as the insurance likely denied their claim. I almost forgot to mention that at the time I had this individual plan the insurer had a billion dollars in cash reserves. Yet they wouldn't part with a shekel to keep rates low for their subscribers.

So excuse me if I'd rather we ALL be under the government insurance plan(Medicaid/Medicare) and providers had to accept whatever they were given from those plans as payment in full rather than putting people into poverty because they couldn't help but have an accident or other sudden illness and had to choose between healthcare or actual necessities like food and shelter.
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