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Reply: Is Good Grammar Important in the Workplace?

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Reply: Have you changed since high school?

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Reply: 15-yr-olds and Younger Waxing?

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Reply: Supreme Court Upholds Most of Health Care Law

I can't find the quote, but I did read the esteemed Thomas Sowell said, to the effect: I...

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Reply: Supreme Court Upholds Most of Health Care Law

Government intrusion is almost ALWAYS BAD! The ONLY good intrusive federal bill I can...

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Government intrusion is almost ALWAYS BAD!

The ONLY good intrusive federal bill I can remember (I'm 63 YO) is when automobile exhaust systems were mandated to last a number of years. (When did you last have to have one replaced?)

When medical insurance is discussed, terminology/phrasing by some conveys the idea that medical insurance is a product to be purchased - if you qualify. Once purchased, it is just another monthly bill to be paid. When treatment is needed, there is often a co-payment.

And relief because the exorbitant amount is mostly "covered".

"Covered" by insurance...

If you asked all of your neighbors to help you with a bill, you'd know who to thank.

When participants of your health plan have THEIR premiums used to "cover" YOUR bill, you don't know them. And you are not inclined to thank anyone anyway because, after all, you paid your premium and co-payment.

Insurance means anonymity of those contributing.

BUT, THIRTY PERCENT of those premiums purchase NO TREATMENT or MEDICATION.

THIRTY PERCENT was used to run the insurance company, lobby Congress for mandated participation, pay huge executive salaries, develop convoluted exceptions regarding coverage, etc.

And what about doctors?

When was the last time you saw a doctor without at least two or three "assistants" having little or no medical training?

They are required to handle the complex insurance documentation.

Adding to the doctor's cost of doing business.

And, regardless of the economy, insurance executives and medical practitioners receive pay increases EVERY YEAR.

Why?

Because they are insulated from the principal of Supply and Demand!

Two better solutions:

1. SCRAP all medical insurance and require the withholding of Ten percent of workers' salaries to be deposited in the bank of their choice. Withdrawals ONLY allowed for medically-related payments. Upon passing, wills dictate what becomes of remaining balances. Shopping for one's own health care restores Supply / Demand market structure. And, not having insurance means there would be Greatly reduced insurance fraud.

O.K., insurance is so powerful that will never happen.

After all, Personal Responsibility would negate the slide into Socialism.

2. Expand Medicare to cover the majority of people. Medicare has no profit motive and about THREE percent overhead versus private insurance's THIRTY percent.

Consider that Hilary Clinton wanted health care reform and the insurance industry was firmly against it - so it went nowhere.

Obama wanted health care reform and the insurance industry was in favor - and it passed - by an "overwhelming" vote of 219 - 212.

Please remember that vote.
And, when you wake up to the fact that only insurance companies are benefiting, cast future election votes appropriately. We have no other tool for righting this wrong as the Supreme Court has ruled.

Do you think private insurance backed it for "the good of the people"?

Or did they back it because they can't wait to reap even more profit resulting from the mandate to buy or "be taxed"?

This Supreme Court decision will HAUNT us.

If you are young, there are only two viable long term vocations:

Government

Health Care

You just have to ignore documents from our Founding Fathers.

And check your morals at the door...View Thread

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Reply: Winning the Lottery: Is There a Downside?

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Reply: Should the government force you to have insurance?

Health Insurance is Forced Charity without being tax deductible. The healthy chip in to...

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For information regarding the duties ASSIGNED to each branch of the government, see: ...

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