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Insurance for All: Germans Can't Fathom US Aversion to Obama's Healthcare Reform
Der Spiegel ^
| 05/11/2012
| Miriam Widman
Posted on 05/12/2012 2:21:57 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Americans Can’t Fathom Germans Fascination with David Hasselhoff.
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posted on
05/12/2012 9:07:10 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
To: Olog-hai
yes, I was mistaken about Bavaria. Hitler considered himself ..”Bavarian by blood..Austrian by nationality’’.
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05/12/2012 9:10:44 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
To: jmacusa
It is right across the river, though. No need for a passport to drive between one and the other nowadays with that (Marx-inspired) Schengen Agreement. (Although there is some selective retraction of Schengen going on . . . just that they wont allow the UK to close their borders, even though the UK isnt a signatory to Schengen.)
To: andyk
Well then it's not insurance. It's redistribution.Great point.
I'd add that routine medical care is expected, predictable and a normal service that most everyone consumes.
Insurance is for the unexpected, unpredictable event that is too costly to finance individually. So people buy insurance to spread the cost.
Forcing people to buy insurance for normal health expenditures is like having a mandatory federal insurance program to pay for bread.
Forget I said that. I don't want to give them any ideas!
To: publius911
That’s the point. Insurance companies must be able to refuse people with preexisting conditions.
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