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0 pointsctdonath12y ago0 comments

A plurality of the population doesn't want full-on socialized health care. Those insisting on making it happen anyway concocted this crazy implementation as a means of squeezing something thru in that direction, quite possibly in hopes that the fallout would make "single payer" the only viable option.

Yes, we're not "like the rest of the civilized world": this country was founded on valuing individual rights above the whims of the majority.

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Mikeb8512y ago· 2 in thread

So you'd rather your government spend money on the NSA, TSA, wars on terrorism and drugs and a thousand other programs that inhibit your freedom than to ensure that the poorest, most vulnerable members of society have access to free health care?

ctdonathOP12y ago

That's an amazing non-sequitur.

ETA: just because I'm opposed to one program doesn't mean I favor others. I'm just as opposed to "NSA, TSA, wars on terrorism and drugs and a thousand other programs" as I am to Obamacare. I'm not sure how you conclude that by opposing wasteful oppression in one area somehow means I'd be more tolerant of wasteful oppression in other areas.

grecy12y ago

Please go on.

If you're opposed to wasteful spending by NSA, TSA, wars on terrorism and drugs and a thousand other programs and Obamacare, where do you propose spending all those trillions?

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toomuchtodo12y ago

> Yes, we're not "like the rest of the civilized world": this country was founded on valuing individual rights above the whims of the majority.

This is why we fail so badly as a country.

Your right to previously underpay for health insurance had ended. Externalized costs are now being internalized. That's how insurance works; to spread risk across everyone. Now, if you're unhappy with that, I suggest either leaving the country or simply not paying for insurance and paying the IRS-imposed fine. You can then self-insure and absorb any of your healthcare costs yourself.

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