Quote Originally Posted by Crotalus View Post
You don't have to be able to afford healthcare. It has always been and is still free for the needy. You just have to put up with the long lines at the designated Emergency Room.
Where they get the most expensive care option possible.

Quote Originally Posted by Crotalus View Post
Right now healthcare costs so much because people on insurance don't know or care what it costs. They only care about their deductible.
May be they should pay for their insurance out of their paycheck, instead of having their employers deduct it for them. How about giving them the same tax deductions as employers get (or stop the tax deductions altogether) and let them make their own decision what insurance to buy with their money. Then stop providing that free 'emergency service' option and let those who make poor decisions suffer the full consequences of these decisions. If somebody is so sick that nobody is willing to insure them or pay for their medical bills, then they should simply be left to die. You want to get rid of all 'unfairness' - it's not that hard to do.


Quote Originally Posted by Crotalus View Post
The same is true of insurance. If companies were free to compete across state lines insurance rates would improve as well.
Just like the banks competed on all those fees they used to charge, right? Or the way the insurance companies fought for all those uninsured people. You should talk to Undream, he got a sweet deal on flood insurance on his house.