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Originally Posted by Astreja  *ahem* I got X-rays and an MRI for an injured knee, for free.
I don't have to pay for checkups.
My partner spent a week in the hospital for a cholecystectomy and treatment of pancreatitis, and it didn't cost her a cent.
No problems at our end.  |
Nothing is free. Someone pays. The money comes from taxes. I do not want to pay money so that a smoker can get a lung transplant or so that someone who smashed their head while on Ecstasy can get an MRI. Those people have the funds and should pay for that crap themselves. I am a much lower risk and have a much lower need for health care than many other groups because I am a responsible individual.
Socialized systems ONLY harm the responsible people. They lower the bar. Charity breeds social problems. This is the lesson to learn from Mother Teressa's work (see Christopher Hitchens' comments on her). Teach them to fish instead of giving them fish. Put the money into EDUCATION which is about the only social program worth having (second most valuable social program is defense... IN THAT ORDER). It allows for all those other social program problems to be solved.
Schools should be F'in cathedrals and teachers should be paid their weight in gold and should be held to extremely high standards. The buisness buildings should be brought down low and the spires at the schools should be legislated as the highest point allowed to build to in any given city.
I have no problems with my insurance company. I can get MRIs and other such expensive procedures just as you can and its paid for as part of my work compensation plan as a highly educated employee. But I also don't drink and drive, smoke, do drugs, or take part in other risky behaviors. And damn it, I refuse to pay for those that do.