Quote Originally Posted by nynco View Post
Why we should treat everyone.............

Guy walks into a hospital with a cough. In your world the hospital turns him away. Sorry guy with cough, you can't pay, GTFO. Guy with cough (GWC) goes back onto the streets meets you, your wife, your children and you all are in an elevator (or where ever does not really matter) he goes into a coughing fit. HACK HACK HACK...he just can't stop. You and your wife and kids including your 2 month old child, get off the elevator early because you think its nasty.
As you get out you shout - "Why don't you get yourself checked out by a Dr? ya nasty jerk"
GWC replies through his coughing - "I tried........ but they denied me care because I could not pay for it, sorry about my cough."

About a week later your wife, your kid and your child all get a fever. You think thats odd.... you even go to the Dr. He tells you, you have the flu. You all get bed rest. But then you all start to cough and cough and cough. Your Dr does not understand why. But soon enough a month later after coughing so much they finally see on an Xray why you are coughing.

Congratulations......... you and the rest of your family now have Tuberculosis (TB) Not just any TB but the strains that are very strong.

Dr's try to treat your family. But your child is the first to die. Babies immune systems are just not strong enough for that. Your baby dies drowning in her own blood in her lungs from TB lesions.

Your other child........ she fights for a while but after a year and so many medical bills. All the while your insurance company is denying care... with you on the phone every day trying to keep them paying the bills to keep her alive. Well, the insurance company stopped paying and the hospital kicks her out. She dies at home. She might have lived through it. But hey, insurance company has got to make a profit and you could not pay your bills.

Your wife. Well she is like the walking dead. She hacks all the time but the Drs think she will live.

You on the other hand are a broken man with both kids dead way before their time.



All this could have been prevented had you treated the original guy who could not pay who had TB in its early stages.

A society where only money matters and only those who can pay deserve healthcare is a sick society. A society whose sickness will spread....... just like TB.

Cough cough
While that's a s****y example, and a bit extreme, do you know who pays for the guy who can't afford healthcare? We do! And in a universal healthcare system everyone pays for everyone. And what about those of us who rarely (if ever) go to the doctor? Oh yeah, we have to pay into the pot too, we can't opt out of it if it's universal and mandatory. So my hard earned money goes to Pablo and his family to get fixed up, instead of maybe going into investments to pay for my retirement, or my children's college fund. I guess my money isn't really my money. Hmm, socialism, seemed to work great of the Nazis.
Perfect example- every s**tbag that can't afford insurance or whatever, goes and abuses the current system by walking into the ER just raised the price. The billing department knows they are going to bill the person, but the person can't afford it... loss. So who pays the bill? Everyone else. Wait until it's only affordable by the richest people, then tell me if Mr. Cough deserves to get a free pass when we're all dying.