ACA Repeal/Replace: Progressives Face Moral Dilemma

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(01-26-2017, 09:23 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(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.

1. [url="http://web4health.info/en/answers/bipolar-frequency.htm|] Bipolar is about 1 out of 100 of the adult population. [/url]  I don't have any figures handy for other disability rates.

2. I completely agree with you about needless luxuries like Ishits. I have a $25.00/month phone plan and a $50.00/month internet bill. I would guess the AARP phone plan is reasonable since one needs a phone for confirming Dr. appointments and  emergency uses. The internet plan is cheap as well. I use it to keep the grocery bill down by getting stuff from Amazon. I live in a small town.