ACA Repeal/Replace: Progressives Face Moral Dilemma

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(01-26-2017, 07:28 PM)Ragnarök_62 Wrote:

(01-26-2017, 07:23 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(01-26-2017, 04:19 PM)flbones too Wrote: Single payer system would actually be cheaper than the current system. Right now it's all about profits. Health care should be a right, we're all entitled to be healthy. It shouldn't be about making the most money. The current system keeps people chained down. People default over health insurance.

Right now, it's all about cost and addressing/breaking apart healthcare monopolies that exist. You are entitled to being healthy now. You can work out, have a cheap physical (BTW, the price of a physical doubled since 2008) each year, you can eat healthy and control what you do and get yourself into activity wise. We are all entitled to be healthy today. Whether you want live healthy or not is a matter of choice?

How about hard luck situations?  My youngest sister and I have bipolar disorder and I would think most of society would like us both to take our meds. Then there little details like accidents, other genetic FUBARS like muscular dystrophy, autism spectrum disorder, ataxia, crime victim, PTSD, etc.

That's a different subject. Right now, we are all entitled to healthcare today as well.  It's a matter of whether people can afford it or not, or whether people think they need it or not, or whether people place more value on their smart phone/services than their healthcare? How many Americans are born with serious physical or mental disorders of some sort? 1 out of 10, 1 out of 100, 1 out of 1000, 1 out of 10,000. I'll guess that the number that aren't born with them substantially out number them. I'd be ok with an extension of medicare or a special state to cover them.