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Originally Posted by Robbie
That's exactly what should happen.
But for some reason ObamaCare isn't doing that.
This whole argument is about Congress DEFUNDING it.
Now how the hell do you "defund" something of a TRILLION dollars when everybody is supposedly paying for their own "healthcare" (Not really healthcare...just paying insurance companies).
See what I'm saying? If ObamaCare was truly about us all paying for our own medical treatment (which I have done my entire life...even when I was making $200 a week playing in bands), then why are the taxpayers being asked to fork out a trillion dollars???
A giant bureaucracy, more people telling us what we can and can't do, AND costing us a trillion bucks.
If ObamaCare really worked...it shouldn't cost us (as Obama always says) "a single dime"
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There are millions who can't afford to pay, they don't even pay any income tax. Then there are other millions who have pre-existing conditions who the insurance companies wouldn't insure, now they will be covered and they are going to cost the system a lot of money.
What would have happened if while you were playing in bands making $200 a week if travelling to a gig you were in a horrific traffic accident. They rush you to a hospital, you're a mess, bones broken everywhere, lung punctured, liver lacerated and your brain is hemmorhaging. You have no insurance. The doctors meet to discuss your case, they see you're young and strong, you'll need many long surgeries, neurosurgery team, orthopedic team, and if you do survive you'll be in critical care unit for weeks and in hospital for months - hundreds of thousands of dollars in care. Who pays for all this? You may not even survive. So how would you feel if they came to the decision to not go to much trouble on your behalf, basically letting you die or worse, you do survive with major brain damage, your legs are fucked up, you're a crippled retard basically. It may have not have happened to you but every day cases like this arrive through the doors of ER's in every decent sized hospital in the country. Somebody has to pay for those people, I keep asking who. Forget about all the shady and corrupt politicians and insurers. 6 months of highly specialized medical care costs a fortune - who pays the bills for a 25 year old musician who makes 200 dollars a week?