Posted on 03/27/2010 8:45:04 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
Almost a weak has passed by and the lump of clay at the pit of my stomach won’t go away. It boggles my mind how we in America have allowed this scummery to descend on us. Where were our elder statesmen? Where were the voices of reason even in our media? Why were the boards of directors and administrators and CEOs of our most thriving companies so meek and silent? How was it possible that 3, YES, ONLY 3 determined stealth marxists who have infiltrated the government, able to shove this poisonous pill down America’s throat and march around gloating about their monstrous deed afterward? I am angry and disgusted at the stupidity and lack of foresight of this country.
I'd check....
mybarrakobama.com
whitehouse.gov
By the way, I'm reporting your post to flag@whitehouse.gov
Brilliant article. Demolishes the fiction that there’s not going to be Death Panels. Obama lied. Again.
Bookmark.
Dave’s the best. No one knows this area of policy better than he does that I’m aware of.
Moreover, there is no MANDATE (yet) to eveyone has to OWN a car and hence would need insurance.
True. But right now, without insurance, a doctors visit is unaffordable (unless you go to the emergency room). Last week, my doctor ordered some simple bloodwork, the cost was $450 That wasn’t including the doctor visit! Once I got the results, I had to return for another visit. I would be looking at $600+ for one/plus follow up visit . If I was referred to a specialist, that would be it, I’d be out of money. That is not an option for most of us. Unfortunately this administration did not choose the right things to reform.
"I don't want to pay for mandatory auto insurance."
SOLUTION: Get rid of your car.
"I don't like paying for mandatory health insurance."
SOLUTION: Kill yourself.
LOL.
I'm sure my sister already has.
If you don't do that sort of thing on a regular basis, it's a lot cheaper than medical insurance premiums.
“No one will die because they cannot drive without auto insurance.”
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I believe I could make at least as good an argument that they might as the liberals offer for their claims of people dying because they don’t have health insurance.
Exactly.
Although I'm not sure why you ask, I'll take a stab at it.
Unless I'm mistaken, whenever someone is injured in an auto accident, responsibility for payment falls upon the person(s) who caused the accident. Once their liability or ability to pay is exhausted, the injured person is on his own. Then, yes, if the injured person is covered by Medicare, it will pay, just like anyone else's own medical insurance would.
If you're saying this somehow lends credence to the auto-insurance-and-Obamacare analogy, please explain because I'm not seeing it.
I'm just trying to understand if state auto insurance, not for cars but for bodily injury, is a closed system. That is; is it entirely contained within a state. I think not.
It's logical for states to make you carry insurance to cover injury you may inflict on yourself or others.
Again, I'm not sure what your point is but, I'll bite.
When you smack into him, you should have to pay for his loss. But, too many people (the "poooor" especially) were choosing not to be insured; then, when they smacked into people, their victims were left to sue for damages or, cover their own losses, either out of their own pockets or, if they had collision insurance, by filing a claim of their own (which caused their and others' premiums to increase).
Again, if this is supposed to lend credence to the if-auto-insurance-can-be-mandated-so-can-medical-insurance, you'll need to explain how it does that.
You need insurance (liability only) when you drive because you might hurt or kill someone else. It is a safety/liability issue. You do not need insurance when you visit the doctor because there is not safety/liability issue. In fact, it is the doctor who needs insurance because of the safety/liability issue - not the patient.
Part of the reason health care is so expensive is because of the nature of “insurance.” It is actually a brokerage situation, and whenver you add a broker to any transaction, it will ALWAYS be more expensive. Why? Because the money (”cash”) is not coming directly from my pocket. I am paying someone else to cushion the fall. And I am a bit more lax in my bargain-hunting endeavors because that broker “owes” me for all of the money I have spent on that broker over the years.
So, you're saying people should be forced to buy medical insurance so that the rest of us don't have to pay to patch them up if they cause themselves harm?
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