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Originally Posted by Robbie
1. Sending people to the town meetings was classic misdirection. I guess it takes one to see one because I can see it plain as day that they are doing nothing more than a pro wrestling style con.
2. So now parents are FORCED to pay insurance for their ADULT kids? Wow.
3. The insurance to drive is yet another case of the govt. holding hands with insurance companies...but put that aside for a second. You hit the nail on the head: IF you drive you have to buy insurance. And you can CHOOSE how much you want. Got a new car? Full coverage. Got an old clunker? State minimum.
Or maybe you don't have a car? You're one of millions of people who live in NYC and you take the subway. You don't even WANT a car in that city.
You don't have to drive. But this new law requires every breathing human being to BUY insurance.
Dude...trust me...no politicians are on your "side". It's nothing but money and greed.
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Again, I agree, cynically, that most politicians are corrupt, but again, I disagree with you on some of this. I would imagine most parents would be happy to have their kids covered until they are 26, and as far as the analogy that people CHOOSE whether or not to drive or not... well, as long as you CHOOSE to stay alive, then you are a liability. If you do not cover yourself, then you are burdening the system. If I have a heart attack this afternoon, and I do not have insurance, and the hospital charges me $100K in medical expenses, and I don't pay the bill, then who does?
I think the whole reliance on insurance companies is bullshit, but if that's the only way that healthcare works at the moment, then how do you defend the idea that some people need to pay, and others don't?
As the economy continues to falter, and insurance rates continue to rise, it will only be a matter of time before half the country pays into the system, to cover the other half!
On the flipside, if EVERYONE has to pay into the system, rates SHOULD at least stabilize, and if they don't, then EVERYONE is effected, and the system will be forced to morph into something EVERYONE can be happier with.
Also, as more people are now renting, who gives a shit if you don't pay your hospital or medical bills? What does it matter? It is obviously cheaper to NOT have to pay, so without a mandate, what is the incentive?