Originally Posted by Robbie

It amazes me how much things have changed in my lifetime.

Up until about 20 years ago, not very many people even had "health insurance" And if you did it was to cover you in case you got in a car wreck or needed a very, very expensive surgery (Like if you had a heart attack and needed a bypass surgery)

I always went to the doctor and...wait, you're not gonna believe this...PAID him with MONEY.
You know, the way everybody always did.

But these days? People have been conditioned to think that they CAN'T go to the freakin' doctor unless they have "insurance".

Oh...only a govt. law will allow you to go to the doctor of your choice? WTF?!?!?

Last I checked, I can pick up the phone...call any doctor in town, drive over and be seen and simply PAY him when I leave.

That's the power the govt. and insurance companies now have over people. Folks honestly believe that their very actions are controlled by insurance companies.

The REAL "healthcare" issue that has not been addressed is of course the FACT that we pay more for our healthcare in this country than ANY other nation.

Claudia had an appendectomy 2 years ago. Cost? TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS!!! WTF!?!?!?!?!?

We pay 10 x more for every procedure and every prescription medication while the insurance companies hold hands with the govt. to make damn sure we do.

No Republican or Democrat is even trying to change that. They are all getting too much money from the pharmaceutical and medical lobbyists.

"Health Care" shouldn't be about forcing every man, woman, and child to now pay for insurance (I still can't believe the atrocity of that...can you imagine if you owned a business that it became LAW that everyone had to buy your product?)...it should be about stopping the price gouging on Americans so we don't NEED insurance just to go to the fucking doctor.