[quote=flyer]BG, you make some very good points, and I think the reason many people don’t understand your level of concern regarding medical coverage, is because they are not yet 50+, so they are not yet in the health coverage danger zone.
Very few younger people will have lifetime health insurance at any level provided by their employers as we have, so, if they should find themselves without coverage during that critical time of their lives, and the government doesn’t find a way to continue to subsidize them indefinitely without going bankrupt (good luck with that) they will eventually understand exactly what you have been talking about. Sometimes experience IS the best teacher.[/quote]
I did not support unemployment until I got laid off for the 1st time.
I did not support maternal/paternal care until I had to help my wife care for the new born.
I did not worry about health insurance until I was self employed and couldn’t even find any insurer willing to cover us with maternity no matter the cost (us paying).
What you are saying, flyer is very true and until you are hit with something that you are without a safety net, your views of this and any topic will not be supportive of it.
That said, I am OK with no coverage for some things that are simply too advanced or has a low chance of success or too costly. Or if you want to try, get in line like foreign countries or something.
I agree that ACA still needs a lot of work and why for me, probably the most important thing in the election is healthcare and I want single payer.
Cut benefits, destroy the current healthcare/insurance/drug companies/monopolies/power.
The problem is only in America, if you have 1 medical emergency you can’t pay for, you will be bankrupt if you don’t have decent coverage.
