Yes, crazy man... indeed! Health care!
Reply to: comm-637968555@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-04-10, 8:49PM CDT
"Fact 1: The vast majority of employers who offer health coverage to employees (they do it by CHOICE, by the way, it certainly isn't a requirement) offer at least two tiers of coverage. "
Actually, most states have laws that state if you hire an employee full time, you have to provide HC.
"Fact 2: Regarding your friend with the $8,000 hernia bill - Pay the extra $100 per month for the higher tier coverage and it would take 6.67 years for that extra payment to reach $8,000. Point - pay more for the better coverage that's offered. "
Not available with his plan
"Fact 3: The forefathers, in the Constitution, did NOT say that it was the government's responsiblity for PROVIDE for the general welfare. They stated that the federal government should PROMOTE the general welfare."
That is YOUR interpretation, ie opinion.
"Fact 4: "General welfare" in 1787 CERTAINLY didn't mean the 'welfare' you think of today"
Actually the constitution was purposefully written to be vague to be adapted to changing standards. It is NOT a static document.
"Fact 5: The government is completely incapable of 'just taking over as the payer' of anything. The government will always regulate any industry in which they are the 'payer."
Regulation of business is a GOOD thing Over and over again business proves it cannot self regulate.
"Fact 6: YOU need to get better health coverage."
Of course I do, most Americans do. That is the point!
"It's called PLANNING AHEAD. It's not your employer's fault that you chose the $20 a month health plan when they offered a much more comprehensive plan for $150 a month."
LOL! What makes you think that I have the lowest plan? My plan costs me roughly $120 a month.
"But it is NOT the government's responsiblity or jurisdiction to take money from my wallet to distribute."
Governments can make a far larger impact than individuals or even amassed individuals can make.
"There are charities all over the world who manage their money a thousand times better than the United States Government"
But not as comprehensively.
"Fact 8: My father is a medical doctor. His father was a medical doctor. My aunt and uncle are both PhD and MD medical researchers. My family has been involved in medicine and health care since the turn of the 20th century. And not ONE of them has one good thing to say about socialized health care."
Good for them! They are the minority of American Physicians.
The majority of American doctors favor National HC.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080331172524.htm
"Fact 9: You are whining because you took a cheaper health plan because it meant you would have more take-home pay."
I'm not whining. I'm presenting the facts Nothing more. Your opinions are based on assumptions, not facts.
"Trust me, if I were your employer, your employment would end yesterday"
LOL! And you'd have a suit for wrongful dismissal. Good thing for both of us that you aren't my employer!
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