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Extreme Medical Bills

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 Although I’ve supported since Truman pushed for it in the late ’40s, universal healthcare can be put aside until we settle the horrendous issue of so many thousands going in hock or declaring bankruptcy owing to major medical bills in arrears. There should be for the uninsured and underinsured alike an accumulated floor one should have to pay for serious medical conditions. A youngster in his twenties barely above the minimum wage hit with appendicitis or a weekend sports injury should not be saddled with a bill of more than $500-1,000 and be given the chance to pay for it in easy payments before a collector agent pounds on his door. For young families who are belted with a medical catastrophe must be subject to humanitarian bailout. Nor should anyone in similar circumstances be threatened with foreclosures and repossessions.

The taxpayer should be honored to help those in dire financial need due medical catastrophe.

Copyright © 2008 Richard R. Kennedy All rights reserved. Revised: Aug 30,  2008.

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Reply #51 from JoeUser Forums Top

So the argument is basically that those who choose not to have health insurance that have a health crisis should have their bills paid for by the people responsible enough to have health insurance?
That's precisely what the current system does! We all pay anyway. So why not make it mandatory as Hillary says? Not everyone has your self-reliance, you know, after all, since you now have the freedom to stop paying your health premiums you're not dumb enough to do so. But those less endowed do take that stupid option and should not be allowed to because frankly they don't know any better or are drastically impaired. Then there are those who simply and genuinely can't afford it; we must find a solution.

Reply #52 from JoeUser Forums Top

So why not make it mandatory as Hillary says?

Want to go to jail?

I dont.  Maybe that is why.

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Reply #53 from JoeUser Forums Top

Want to go to jail?
Drivers aren't jailed; their licences are taken away. Without a health card, your bills are subject to garnishment.

Reply #54 from JoeUser Forums Top

Drivers aren't jailed; their licences are taken away. Without a health card, your bills are subject to garnishment.

Tell that to the cop who stopped me.  Maybe I can sue him for false arrest.

And try getting a good job with a garnishment.

Reply #55 from JoeUser Forums Top

That's precisely what the current system does! We all pay anyway. So why not make it mandatory as Hillary says? Not everyone has your self-reliance, you know, after all, since you now have the freedom to stop paying your health premiums you're not dumb enough to do so. But those less endowed do take that stupid option and should not be allowed to because frankly they don't know any better or are drastically impaired. Then there are those who simply and genuinely can't afford it; we must find a solution.

Because this is supposed to be the land of the free.  The government isn't here to rule us, it is here to serve us. The government shouldn't be forcing us to have insurance.  Auto insurance shouldn't be required either by the state.

Reply #56 from Stardock Forums Top

Honored??????? Bullshit!@!!!!!!!! How about it might be just, but I am never going to feel "honored " to have my pocket picked.

Reply #57 from JoeUser Forums Top

How about it might be just, but I am never going to feel "honored " to have my pocket picked.
OMG, how rough you have it! Cool it with a:beer: !

Auto insurance shouldn't be required either by the state.
You'd change your tune quickly if your Porsche was creamed by an uninsured driver.

Reply #58 from JoeUser Forums Top

And try getting a good job with a garnishment.
An incentive to join up.

Reply #59 from JoeUser Forums Top

Auto insurance shouldn't be required either by the state.

You'd change your tune quickly if your Porsche was creamed by an uninsured driver.

It is actually not in all states.  In Virginia, you do not have to have insurance.  Lien companies require it, but the state does not.

And try getting a good job with a garnishment.

An incentive to join up.

Extortion now?  WOW!  I can see the next 4 years are going to be a case study in George Orwell.  And how it can happen to anyone.