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There is a difference in being irresponsible and not being able to afford coverage.
My 50/50 $5000 per year deductable is basically catastrophic coverage. At near $100 weekly that way outta many peoples range. Ive never had a new car and live in a small ranch pattybstyle house in the woods $50,000 home. And I know many far less well off than me. They simply cant afford it.
The lack of compassion for a human is my problem with some of the above posts.
A human had a stroke. A friend of one of our friends. And it may weol bankrupt the fella.
Another friend of mine had a stroke a year ago . A poor self employed carpenter who mostly tryed to help folks who would do work on the cheap for elderlies and less fortunates, but charged those who could pay more a fair rate. He didnt have insurance so we did a benefit for him and helped with his bill.
The fact remains the fact many people camt afford it while some dont think they need it. But there is a huge number of people below the line inaffording the stuff. If there was no problem I dont think govco would be bothering with it.



Of course there is a problem, and government causes much of it. The government is getting involved because there is a lot of power in controlling people's healthcare. Politicians like to exercise power but seldom do so effectively or fairly. Right now they are trying to get one group to depend upon them so that they will vote for them in perpetuity. I'm pretty sure my neighbor doesn't owe me free healthcare any more than he owes me a car or a house, but too many politicians are selling the snake oil that there is a free lunch with regard to healthcare.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.