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Originally Posted by gchappel
I wish it was a simple as you described. Your idea somehow assumes that if you do not pay for it, you do not get healthcare. It does not, and can not work that way.
Let us say you are in a bad car accident- you are implying that if you have not paid for insurance they are going to let you lay on the road until someone you know comes and picks you up?
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Yes - and this is a liberal talking. Somehow we have to get over this tacit belief that there is some kind of benevolent "something" that is going to take care of us. When we were in smaller communities we took care of each other - I was once a volunteer fireman. These days, the idea that someone, somehow, will take care of us is still there, but fewer are taking responsibility for doing the pro bono care taking. As much as I dislike Ayn Rand's version of utopia, we are approaching her vision. You pay or you don't play. Who pays for the ambulance? Who takes responsibility? At some point we have to start taking responsibility for ourselves by paying ahead of time with cash or investing our time or not getting the benefits.