However, what we had before this was worse than a dog, it was a monster, and people were dying.
That's what it's all about for you, isn't it?
"People are dying".
Hey Mertex, here's a newsflash: people die. 100% of the people born, die. It happens 100% of the time. No exceptions.
You can't legislate it away, and you can't insure against it.
If you don't die today, you'll die tomorrow. If you don't die from illness, you'll die from old age. You ever seen an old cat tryin' to walk around? :smiley-shrug:
You're going after the impossible dream, Mertex. It doesn't work, it won't happen. You can't stop people from dying. And specifically, you can not stop the
pain associated with dying. Medicine hasn't figured out a way to do that yet, and my guess is it won't ever. Death is associated with pain, pretty much 100% of the time unless you get very very lucky and either get blindsided or die in bed (without or without your loved ones surrounding you). Most of us, it turns out, die on our feet. And we get a few minutes to contemplate our lives and feel a little pain before we go.
That is
biology, Mertex. Death is a certainty. Painful death is an "almost" certainty. Insurance doesn't help in that area.
Since Republicans have not offered anything but criticism for this program, we'll just have to consider the source and march on!
Sorry, but you don't get to do that. Liberals are
well known for foisting their socialist bullshit on an undesiring population. You clowns are never willing to play by the rules, you gotta shove your idiotic social programs down everyone's throat.
Let me tell you something, Mertex. I have cancer right now. I'm looking at about 3 months to live, unless my medical Hail Mary happens to generate some results. When I started into this thing, I had the best insurance money (and employers) could buy. 100% of everything was covered,
except what they call "experimental treatments", which I require. So they offered me a choice: take the standard treatment and we'll pay for it, or take the experimental treatment and you can pay for it yourself. So I told 'em to go fuck off. And now I'm taking my chances. You know why? Because the "standard treatment"
kills people. They end up worse off than they were when they started. Did you happen to see any pictures of Patrick Swayze about a month before he went? That's what the "standard treatment" does. It doesn't cure you, it
kills you. More painfully than if you did nothing. I am here right now doing work so I can pay for my medical bills which end up being approximately 10% of the total cost "because I'm a guinea pig" - I'm volunteering my body for a medical experiment, that's the reality here. Do I want insurance?
No! Am I going to pay for insurance?
No! Not
ever. Law or no fucking law,
I am not paying those rotten bastards to kill me. Okay? You can take your amazingly socially progressive socialized medicine and
stick it in your ear. Are you hearing me loud and clear on this?