How Is Obamacare Working Out for You?

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Of course not, however since the average age a person lives/works has gone up so should the minimum qualifying age for Medicare and SS.

Why not? If the elderly had taken better care of themselves when they were younger, they wouldn't need health care. That's your argument- people's health problems are their own faults. Explain to me, since you're clearly a medical expert, what my mom, who died at 35 from breast cancer, did to give it to herself. Because I'm sure the medical community would love to know.

I've got news for you; people smoke and never suffer health problems, people never smoke and die of lung cancer. My maternal grandparents were both thin their whole lives and they both still ended up with Type 2 diabetes. This guy was an idiot for smoking, but he was a bigger idiot for flouting the law and not buying health insurance when it was made possible for someone like him, with a preexisting condition, to do so. That said, to quote an excellent comment I read about this:

"Being a progressive and a liberal means having compassion for others, even those who make stupid ****ing mistakes. Although I think the guy is 100% wrong, I don’t think he should go blind because he’s a moron. If you do, you need to seriously go and reevaluate your moral system."