Only 32% Would Pay Higher Taxes to Provide Health Insurance for All

Auto & health insurance are apples & oranges. The costs are much lower for auto insurance. Most of the time, the claims are comparatively small. And furthermore, a 70 year-old who has neglected his car might end up causing a loss...but a 70 year-old who has neglected his health will cause a huge one. Also...there are huge groups of people that are extremely expensive to medically insure. Although parents of 16 year-olds might complain otherwise...that group for auto insurance is much smaller. Finally...auto body folk tend to make a decent living...but the healthcare field pays people--lots of them--a whole lot of money (I'm not begrudging them; just stating a fact).

Nope.

The argument against government-mandated insurance is that the people who brought us FEMA, the Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital, the IRS, your local DMV office, and Congress would be in charge of maintaining our health. I don't hear the "price" issue. People are scared that our government will do what it normally does--offer a substandard product for a ridiculous price. Oh, the patient may not pay the whole bill...but the taxpayer will. Not to mention...this will become a vote-buying scheme the likes of which we've never seen before.

I'll be the first to admit that there are significant problems in our healthcare system.

But I'll also remind the court that there are lots of us out there who sacrifice so that our families and ourselves will have coverage. I feel sorry for those in category #1...who simply cannot afford it. I don't feel sorry for category #2 grown-ups (using term loosely) who for whatever reason don't work hard enough to get coverage, or who give up on finding it. The first category has many people in it...but there are also lots of folks under the "can't afford it" banner that do have options...they just don't have the initiative, work ethic, or sense of responsibility to go after it.

I'll help their children, but I'm not at all interested in helping those in category #2.

 

I think everyone should be responsible for their own heathcare. I don't want to pay for anyone else's healtcare & I don't want anyone to pay for mine.

 

Not everyone can afford it; I can't although I've got it. Unfortunately, it's not very good coverage since I owe many thousands of dollars in medical bills that my insurance didn't pay.