What a sad tale.
Since there were no cars when our nation was founded, I guess the writers of the Constitution just didn't think of the awful consequences of not mandating that the people should be taxed to cover such a possibility.
Who do you think pays for the gang bangers shooting each other in Chicago? What's your estimate on how much it costs to treat someone’s who's been shot? Do you think the gang banger's going to come up with the $300,000 - maybe make payments of $5 a month for the next 600 years?
Or a person who walks into an emergency room because no doctor will take them as a patient AND WE GET THE BILL - $10,000 to treat a runny nose.
My position is we create a three tiered approach based on the reality of our world and the wisdom of working AROUND a corrupt system. Corrupt? Salesmen for medical supply companies are often allowed in operating rooms... big money. You've seen the lights used in surgery - the one the doctor positions to ‘get a better look’? It has a little handle on it... In the old days they would autoclave it. Today a little disposable cover is put over the grip... comes in boxes of hundreds for a few bucks - YOU pay over a hundred dollars for one. ONE - not one box - but one little disposable cover. Multiply that by thousands of protected medical ripoffs and you can see the webs of the money pit.
And all these groups are 'donating' to Congress...
Maybe some newspaper will uncover the deal the Government made with insurance companies over 'Advantage Plans'... that'll blow you away.
I'm not a bleeding heart - I'm a realist.
And the gangbanger who doesn't worry about a $300,000 Hospital bill? He damn sure WOULD worry about a six HUNDRED dollar bill that was deducted monthly from his disability check. There are better ways... with strong incentives that work for citizens and against ripoffs...