Those programs are made for people living below a certain percentage of the poverty line or old people (medicaid) But what about regular people like you and i who cant afford paying $350 dollars a month for health insurance? We may not be living in "poverty" but theres no way in hell we could qualify for medi-cal.. Believe me, IVE TRIED! The public is left to rely on safety nets which can only do so much. Got a serious disease? YOU'RE FUCKED! HAVE A NICE TIME DYING! and i am in no way joking.
I was paying Kaiser $120/month for healthcare. The only reason I dumped it is because I was running low on funds and did not need it at the time. That's affordable, and if you can't dump that out on healthcare, you are probably damn near the poverty line. There's also blue cross, blue shield, or whatever the fuck else they have out there.
The PROBLEM with MANY people is, they spend WAY more than that (per month) on useless shit. I was one of those people up until about 2 weeks ago. I spent money on fast food, I spent money on cigarettes ($180/mo. to be exact), new clothes, alcohol, etc. etc. etc. While it did not BREAK me, it didn't make sense to spend that money on bullshit. There are millions of people out there just like that, and if they are willing to spend $6 a day on cigarettes but not health insurance, then I don't feel sorry for them when they get sick and can't be seen.
that was how it was going to be with a public option, Obamas plan has no more public option. The HHS is creating a series of Health Care exchanges which boosts competition among organizintions LIKE KEISER, to compete for the client. Just like its always been, just cheaper. except this time ANYONE can get it.
I'm not up to date with that...I didn't know he took out the public option. I do know that the government should not be competing in business...it's not what they are here for.
YES I AGREE. Also people like Artistic who refuse to get a job and love their unemployment checks.
I hate that shit. Unemployment killed me...not because I wanted to go to work, but because I can't just sit around and do nothing all day. I don't understand that mentality.
I disagree with all of that. Preventive care is easier, cheaper and faster than anything else.
You're right. I meant diagnostics...totally mixed the two up.