[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;20839778]You can't deny the statistics show that hospitals have a clear preference for insured people. They're not going to make anything but the bare minimum investment for people that might not be able to pay them back, and as such you're a lot more likely to die. One of the root problems with our healthcare system is that it's all private business, they don't give two shits if you live or die, so long as their bottom line is profitable.[/QUOTE]
Not true. Have you ever been to an ER? They do want you to pay back the grand that they charge you for the emergency service, but they provide you with payment plans that are suited to you, they will give you pamphlets on how to sign up for medicaid.
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[QUOTE=MR-X;20839937]When you go in for cancer, they don't send you to a "surgical wing" from the ER. Most of the time you don't even go to the ER, you make a regular doctors appointment. Then you go to see a specialist - an oncologist to be more specific. You go though tons of tests and screenings before you even head to surgery and insurance is heavy in evolved.
The ER never deny people because they can't by law.
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I was basically paraphrasing, but yea, you're right. If you have cancer and go to the ER they can't treat it, they can only do what they can to keep you alive. Insurance gets involved later on.
[QUOTE=Jenkem;20840007]Gee, let's extend existing coverage to more people. The quality totally won't decrease.
Next you'll be telling me mass printing of money doesn't cause inflation. It's the same principal: you create more to cover the same value, the worth decreases. If it does that when printing money, why would "printing" (extending) health care to more people while attempting to maintain the same individual value be possible?[/QUOTE]
Yes it would were that what the bill were to do.
Your example of inflation doesn't make any sense when talking about extending healthcare coverage.
[QUOTE=Jenkem;20840007]Gee, let's extend existing coverage to more people. The quality totally won't decrease.
Next you'll be telling me mass printing of money doesn't cause inflation. It's the same principal: you create more to cover the same value, the worth decreases. If it does that when printing money, why would "printing" (extending) health care to more people while attempting to maintain the same individual value be possible?[/QUOTE]
It won't
what does mass printing of money have to do with this? what are you on?
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the fuck is wrong with you?
The majority of people would end up paying less back ot the government in taxes then they would with their current health care.
[QUOTE=Jenkem;20840007]Gee, let's extend existing coverage to more people. The quality totally won't decrease.
Next you'll be telling me mass printing of money doesn't cause inflation. It's the same principal: you create more to cover the same value, the worth decreases. If it does that when printing money, why would "printing" (extending) health care to more people while attempting to maintain the same individual value be possible?[/QUOTE]
Healthcare isn't a tangible thing, so your analogy falls flat on its face.
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Why hasn't he been worked into one of those little flag emoticons?
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Because Something Awful doesn't have one to steal
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