Hello Bj�rn,
I tried to move political questioned to the dedicated POLITICS echo, but it's so infested with MAGA idiots, it seems to be impossible to maintain a civil conservation there, so I'll try this echo, that seems to have the most intelligent users left in Fidonet.
George W. Bush claimed to be a compassionate conservative,
not a civil conservative. And definitely not a fiscal conservative,
as we all know what happened to the budget surplus Bill Clinton left
him with. But what the heck is a civil conservative? Does such an
animal even exist?
What I'd like to know is, how come an entire country (the USA) still think that Medicare for all is leftist, socialist evil shit?
Ask a veteran. They would know.
"I don't want to pay other people's medical bills, I prefer to buy my own insurance." Meaning 20% of your salary rather than 4% on taxes...
Veterans get it all for free. With no co-pay. Not only that, but
they also get lots of freebies. Such as wheelchairs, scooters, ...
If you pay for an insurance on your home, on your car, or any other insurances, isn't that all about having all the other insurancees paying for your eventual misfortune?
Veterans earn their benefits. Unlike those who choose to do nothing
all day, and live on [somebody else's] the dime.
Final conclusion:
If you never have to use that Medicare for all insurance in your life, isn't that like winning the lottery, after paying only 4% of your salary? Like never having a hurricane or flood destroying your home?
Social security is social insurance. That means everybody pays
for those who qualify. Medicare was added to the social security
program three decades later, by LBJ, for those who qualify.
IOW, social security/medicare is an *earned* benefit. And a part
of our social fabric. Should it be expanded to include all (regardless
of who they are due to age/sex/employment history/etc)? Bernie Sanders
and AOC think it is a nifty idea to do so. Even if nobody can afford
it. After all, everything ought to be free.
I guess the next time that you get a medical bill for something like $68k for just an MRI exam (actual example) you'll regret your choice. And good luck with trying to get your private medical insurance company to pay for it. Movies like Erin Brockovich springs to mind...
The first of all human rights is access to quality health care.
The rich and famous have access to quality health care. Not everybody
else does. Even though they should. If something is not affordable, it
is not accessible. If something is watered down to the point of being meaningless, it is meaningless.
Those politicians who want to end Obamacare (without replacing it
with a viable alternative) are murderers. The same with politicians
who want to weaken or end medicare. Or gut benefits for veterans.
--Lee
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