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Originally Posted by gchappel
Have you ever worked in health care- it does not sound like it.
Presently we treat all, and although that is wrought with problems, I personally could not imagine letting people go without care because of money.
I laughed when you called me a liberal- I am about as conservative on most issues as anyone, but I do have a heart. We collect on less than 25% of cases we take care of through the ER. Do I wish I got paid for all of them- of coarse. Would I even vote for a system that limited access the way you propose- no way. I hope you are personally never in the position that you do not get the best care possible because you do not have the correct card, or money. This is easy to talk about- but when push comes to shove I hope we will never let a person suffer because they can not pay.
Gary
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I called
myself a liberal, and I am one. I didn't say a thing about you.
Your attitude is exactly what the conservatives count on. They won't fund health care adequately - they'll lean on people like you to take care of folks for free and call it free market capitalism.
I'm ready to call them out. If they think pay for service is a great idea then do it - all the way. Pay or die. We can pay as a society or pay individually, but quit relying on the soft hearts of liberals to take up the slack while vilifying us as "socialists."
My point is to get everyone on record as
choosing whether to pay or not. If you can not pay there are options available even now. But if you can pay, but choose not to, don't rely on those who pay to save your azz.