One thing we do not need, is a big government takeover of the system. I like the system we have. It works perfect for me and my family. I'm not willing to give anything away that reduces my quaility of care while at the same time increases my costs. I don't give a crape about other people who have no health care. There problem is not my problem.
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The reason why you need to care is if we can find a reasonable way to entice more young people to pick up some of the HC and insurance costs, then the pool grows and everyone's premiums lessens. If you can help families who are below the poverty level afford HC through some incentive or subsidized matching care then the pool grows and everyone's HC costs lessen. If we can give small to mid-cap Businesses incentives where they can receive some relief , they can help stop the erosion of HC they can afford to provide their employees. If we can increase the overall pool of people kicking in then Insurance and Med Co's can lower their overall costs.
I have worked with very proud hard working people who make a little over minimum wage and cannot afford HC for their children.
No child or no human being for that matter , should be without HC , or shoes, or a warm winter Jacket , or a warm meal in their Belly every night. These is not a "Liberal" statement. This is a Christian statements!!!
Are you truly willing to pass up extending a
hand up (not a
hand out) to a hard working single mom waitress-ing 12 hour shifts to provide her child a better life than she has by offering her some level of HC for her and her child. If she remains uninsured and requires emergent care who do you think picks that up today?. We all do!!! Providing her subsidized care where she kicks in what she can afford helps us all , individuals, insurance Co's, Hospitals, etc.. who don't have to write the loss off and businesses alike.
I truly don't believe you feel the way you came across.
Providing every human being some level of basic health care is the moral and christian thing to do.
Luke 10:25-37 25On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
26"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"
27 He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
28 "You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
29But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
30In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.
31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.
34He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him.
35The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'
36"Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?"
37The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him."
Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."