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RE: Health Insurance bill good start!
Making it mandatory for an individual to have health insurance is rediculous.
No, it is smart public policy because people who need medical attention, and their children, should get it, and an insurance scheme is the best way to make them pay.
You should not judge this legislation by how it affects you, but by how it affects the whole country. That is the motivation for the President.
What the vets are saying is that they are covered by a publically funded VA medical insurance system now (for some things). In the future they will have to pay just like everyone else. Therefore they are worse off. They are not special anymore by virtue of their service.
That’s true, but it is no reason to deny the general public access to a better system. If we need to reward our vets then we should find another way to do it that does not harm everyone else.
RE: Health Insurance bill good start! by Anonymous
No, it is smart public policy because people who need medical attention, and their children, should get it, and an insurance scheme is the best way to make them pay.
Smart public policy maybe, but it is not the policy of insurance. Insurance pools risk based on those who volunteer to purchase it. It is quite simple….
RE: Health Insurance bill good start! by JyroBritanniac
Smart policy I guess if you are poor and sick, but not for everyone else. There are some people at AT&T that aren’t going to like this new overhaul come 2012. I agree that there are some changes that need to happen in our healthcare system, but this is not the right change.
You should not judge this legislation by how it affects you, but by how it affects the whole country. That is the motivation for the President.
This is the reason I vote. Voting is how I let elected officials know how I feel about policies and laws. I’m not one to sit back and let the government tell me, “believe such and such and everything is going to work out the best for the country.” My vote is not a big voice in the grand scheme of things, but if the majority of the people feel the way I do, then apparently the way legislation affects me is also a reflection of how it is affecting the majority of the country.