Text 10902, 53 rader
Skriven 2013-10-23 14:18:04 av Mark Hofmann (1:261/1304)
     Kommentar till en text av Lee Lofaso
Ärende: Re: APODs
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LL> Owning a car is a choice. Driving a car is a choice. Not everybody
LL> wants to own, or drive, a car. Owning or driving a car is not a
LL> necessity, nor is it a right. A privilege, yes. But not a right.

True - but around here, if you don't have transportation, you will have major
issue finding and getting to work.  Most people travel 25-60 minutes one way to
work around here.

LL> The right to life is not just a right, but an inalienable right.
LL> Far different than owning or driving a car. By subsidizing health
LL> insurance, government makes the cost of obtaining health insurance
LL> much more affordable for many people. Subsidizing health insurance
LL> also ensures that insurance companies remain in business.

This was already being done pre-Obamacare.  Anyone can visit any hospital's ER
and get treatment without insurnace.  They can't turn anyone away.

LL> Insurance companies are no longer allowed to discriminate
LL> against those who have pre-existing conditions (being pregnant
LL> is a pre-existing condition). However, the ACA does allow for
LL> "wellness fees" - rates that insurance companies can tack on
LL> for smoking, obesity, etc., thus making rates unaffordable for
LL> many.

I agree with that, but now they are able to discriminate on people's
"additional fees" if they deem them a higher risk due to various factors.

LL> While it may be true that not everything should be affordable (or
LL> accessible) for all, the same does not apply for health care.
LL> 
LL> Access to quality health care is the first of all human rights,
LL> regardless of how rich or poor an individual might be. Without
LL> access to quality health care, that individual might as well be
LL> dead. And as everybody knows, the dead have no rights.

I would be one of the first people that would love to see healthcare more
affordable.  The problem is, there is nothing about Obamacare that does this.

For instance, why was tort reform not addressed?  Believe it or not, we have
people sueing hospitals because they were told the sex of their child was wrong
before childbirth.

LL> The entire principle of insurance is to make a profit. How much
LL> of a profit depends on how many are excluded from coverage. Or how
LL> little is paid to those who have it.

Which is why health insurance companies should be non-profits, like the
hospitals.  Obamacare doesn't address that issue, either.

- Mark

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