Heh. I love how socializing medicine gets more votes! Why yes, yes I do think medicine ought to be socialized, dammit. Now can I get some universal healthcare yet??
While I certainly can't agree with giving a child a hard time, the point must be made. The families of these children made their choices:
a) The first young man, Graeme, has parents who have resources, they just don't choose to deplete them by providing insurance for their kids. Read the descriptions of their assets - a home (which was recently remodeled), several cars, a business - that's just a few of the listed assets.
They could afford to send their kids to a pricy private school - they jsut didn't want to spend their cash on health insurance. Now, after the accident, they will find insurers don't want their business. Well, that's common - to pass on insuring someone after they've developed health problems. That's why prudent people insure BEFORE they need it.
b) The girl with the heart defect; her mother had a job with health insurance. She chose to leave it, and take another job without benefits.
Life is about choices. I don't feel I have an obligation to protect people against stupid decisions.
Further, the problem with this bill is that it drastically expands the scope of insured to more those earning more than $80k year. Nobody likes paying for the premiums. I don't.
But, I earn less than the Frost family, and I pay for my health insurance. It isn't great insurance. I pay a lot out-of-pocket. But, I don't expect others to pay for me. I pull my own weight.
Howard Dean sent me an email yesterday about this very same issue. So I sent an email to my republican representative Dave Reichert and I got an email back saying that I had sent an e-mail to an unattended e-mail box. Tried calling at least six times and it was busy. Coinsidence? I think not.
It's funny how anyone who has actually lived in a place that provides socialized medicine supports it. Also funny to see how the countries that provide it are faring compared to us. Get on board, America, it's just us and South Africa in the "developed world" holding out on this, and SA is looking to go that route.
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