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Originally Posted by AmeliaG
I am one of the millions of uninsured people this bill is supposed to help.
Before the healthcare bill, I could pay for medical care when I or my family need it.
If the healthcare bill goes into effect, I will be forced to pay for insurance and forced to add a middleman markup to my healthcare. Now, if insurance doesn't want to pay for a second opinion, for example, I would have already spent the money for the second opinion and then some, but I would not be permitted to spend my money on the healthcare I choose.
Please explain to me what I have gained.
We do not have a healthcare system. I would support a healthcare system. This is just more insurance company bailout corporate welfare -- moving money from individuals and small business into the pockets of Wall Street.
If car insurance or health insurance works for you, I think you should have the freedom to buy their products. I have had bad experiences. Maybe you are so paid that liability-only car insurance is a total drop in the bucket. Please explain to me why I should be forced to buy products from insurance big businesses which sell the service of peace of mind, followed generally by trying to weasel out of covering actual need?
Additionally, because insurance companies play the market with your premiums, they drive up stock prices and, the more money they have to play with, the more they can mess with our already decimated economy.
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That's sad, one mistake, bad wreck or unknown illness could bankrupt you overnight and put all that huge expensive directly on the tax payer dollar.
You can go get basic insurance for $25 a year for those medical centers you visit, it's like a free office visit and they work together so you can visit multiple doctors.
Would have gained not paying out of pocket for the first opinion. Or if something was wrong, it could have paid all your bills while you couldn't work, car, house, even the insurance bill.
Because every day people get killed, cars totaled, etc and people get sued over scratching up against cars let along hitting them. Without Insurance you're totally fucked if its your fault. With it, it's paid for and your life moves on. If you broke your back, kids got hurt, other people got hurt, it may not just be your bill, could be 10 others, 10 cars your paying for, funeral, and legal.
All of what you said is basically why we should be working to improve the law - not remove it.