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It can't. That's why it will pass the cost on to everybody else- whether they are privately insured or not. It won't be long before the bill comes along imposing a fine upon everybody that declines government coverage, even those under a private policy.
Hey Mr. Libertarian, if your house catches fire, do you deserve to have the Fire Dept. put it out? If you are being beaten for holding such asshat opinions, do you deserve to have a policeman intervene? If you want to drive to town to attend a Tea Party, do you deserve a paved road? i could go on, and on and on, but Libertarians will continue to deny the need for infrastructure as they continue to use it.
If the college student breaks their leg, or does anything similar, then they will get emergency treatment and the hospital can just write off any expenses. And before you say it I know the bill then gets sent to the tax payers because a hospital is non-profit (which is what allows them to write it off in the first place), but that is what universal health care is. A college student can get the treatment and not have to pay for the services.
And generally a healthy college student will not suffer any serious injuries, GENERALLY, so why pay 12 thousand dollars over the course of a four year college for something that chances are you will not use, and do not need. I think a 40,000 dollar tuition is enough.
Libertarians are for small government, not no government.
I see we have your morning *FAIL* already..... :lol:
Call it what you will, eliminating government programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Departments of Education, Energy, Commerce, NASA, and many more, all of which is urged by Libertarians, may to you be "small government". To most of us, especially those who rely on these programs, they more resemble "no government".
:lol: you rely on NASA?
I do. They are trying to find a way to get me back home.
:shrug:
I take the blue one!
I take the blue one!
So why are you opposed to UHC? What is so special that only college students get free health care, and not say...single parents? If a portion of my taxes are going to pay for the college students health care while they are in college, shouldn't I expect the college student to then pay something towards the next generation of college students health care, once they get a job?
Uhm there are three "blue ones" that jut out in opposite directions. :lol:
Ahh gotcha.....
whats up with that "loop" anyway?
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This is what happens. And any single parent that knows the meaning of non-profit can get medical care with out paying a dime. The hospitals will write if off and those college students will return the favor and pay it back.
Here's the way I see it - What are they going to do, throw us all in jail for refusing to pay our fines? The jails are already overcrowded from all those they have convicted in their failed phony drug war. They don't have room for all of us, so let's give them the finger. :mrgreen:
Ok, so just so we all understand...
Is the conservative solution to health care to allow everyone to simply choose to buy health coverage, or not as the case may be? And then, if a person shows up at an emergency room or doctor's office with no insurance or cash in hand, refuse to treat them? This is the purely free market solution, isn't it? Let them die if they don't have a way to pay?
Alright, well come on then, what IS your solution? You're partly just pointing out the some flaws to the moderate/liberal solution. The rest of your post is hyperbolic drama. Put yourself out there, let us see what you've got.
So, we just let them die in the streets? That's your position?
How would you go about implementing this insane policy? Should medical professionals delay treatment until the patient's insurance status is verified?
"Well, we COULD have saved Mr. Smith's life, but we had to wait until his insurance status was verified. Sadly, by the time we realized he did indeed have health insurance, he had already expired during the confirmation period."
Yea, that sounds like a brilliant plan...:roll:
Ideology does not equal reality, no matter what side of the spectrum you claim to represent....
Call it what you will, eliminating government programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Departments of Education, Energy, Commerce, NASA, and many more, all of which is urged by Libertarians, may to you be "small government". To most of us, especially those who rely on these programs, they more resemble "no government".
You are a risk to others if you do not have health insurance, and something happens to you. Reason be, the hospital will have to either work on you pro bono, or, your lack of payment will force prices to increase.
I am not speaking in those regards. Would you drive (continuously)in a car without insurance if only yourself was at risk? If your answer is yes, than i question your rationality; as there is a difference between a man and a boy. A man takes care of himself, and would not put his family (or himself) at risk. A boy on the other hand is concerned about "doing what i want".
It's fools who refuse to take government medical coverage, or get their own coverage, and end up getting hurt all while unable to pay thousands of dollars in bills, who drive up the costs, or cost other people their lives. There are only so many pro bono medical cases available to a single medical facility. Taking up the coverage when you could have been financially covered is completely irresponsible.
More than likely under such a system people would always carry around their health insurance information quite like they always carry around their drivers licenses.
You haven't answered my question, not directly at least.
Under your plan are you going to refuse immediate, life-saving treatment to people who lack health insurance; in effect, are you going to let them expire in the streets? Yes or no?
Moreover, in order for your premise to work it must presuppose that everyone will always be in possession of the their health insurance info. This is an absurd expectation. Of the millions of scenarios in which a person could lose their card and wind up in the emergency room, how would you go about mitigating such potentialities? Also, how do children factor into this plan of yours?
Sure they will.....in their taxes, but they will be subsidized by other taxpayers who have insurance and don't expect a free ride just because they are in college and are the "future of America".
Each generation should have it better than the last, but not at the expense of the next.
Plus most all college sports players as well as most adult leagues have catostrpohic coverage for $40 a year.--- Reverend_Hellh0und
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