How Is Obamacare Working Out for You?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

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."

i really think people like to point fingers and say 'so and so did it to themselves' because they think they aren't stupid, and therefore will never need assistance-they're too smart, so it'll never happen to them. and then it happens to them, and they're blindsided.
he was an idiot for not buying, especially considering his health issues he already had. that's why everyone should buy-you might not need it now, but someday you might. and if you wait one minute too long-well, that's all it takes to royally screw up.
but if everyone just had it, there wouldn't be a need for the yearly enrollments and the like...no need to worry about your tax return, if you got a raise, or married/divorced.
health care is as much a necessity as food and water, and oxygen.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Danzig

health care is as much a necessity as food and water, and oxygen.

Food 3-4 weeks
Water 3-5 days
Oxygen 3-5 minutes

Healthcare yea as much as a necessity.

Again feelings over facts.

Brilliant!

[dellinger63]

Huge surprise, Federal government failing again, more taxpayer money flushed down the toilet. Par for the course.

https://www.atr.org/hawaii-s-205-mil...hange-implodes