SDR, I agree with you that you were lied to when Obama said people can keep the coverage that they wanted. There’s enough heat on the prez that he obviously said such terms enough that enough people felt that was true.
My point was that sure, you can make the call as to what coverage you needed, etc…but at the end of the day, I really doubt you or anyone can know exactly all future ailments that come up. Not covered for prostate cancer? Well, I guess you are on the train to death then or cough up a few mil to try to treat it with chemo and whatever meds are needed.
Oh, your father had heart disease, we’ll just exclude that as well and give you the plan without heart disease coverage.
Again, it’s nice to think we’re so smart with our finances that we can pay for all our medical ailments. But seriously, after seeing a 400k bill, I think nearly EVERYONE, will be in a shit of hurt trying to pay or renegotiate that type of bill. Also, maybe it isn’t you, maybe a parent or son gets a massive bill…do you really want to put your own finances to help out?
Like a few others have said, I’m ok with knowing that I would be covered than to fly blind. Sorta like if you bought home owners insurance, but they specifically exclude fire in San Diego…but you didn’t see it, is this good for everyone if everyone else still has to pay?
Back to maybe what you are arguing, yes, you got royally fucked and lied to by Obama and you are right to get pissed off and curse/swear and everything, too bad so many other people in the US sucks in terms of taking care of their own health and have no money/broke/etc…
…and everyone else has to pay for their poor lifestyle choices.
