09-09-2009, 06:08 AM
Quote:<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' > <blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' > I really resent the assumption that those who don't have insurance or are "whining" about the cost are lazy or make bad lifestyle choices.To jump in here JD, I think what you're arguing and what that guy was saying are two different things.
I don't understand why people who have long-term, genetically-based diseases who can benefit most by early intervention are considered "uninsurable." MS, rheumatoid arthritis and some forms of type II diabetes all fall in that category.
I heard one guy at a public forum tell those without insurance to get up off the couch and get a job.
Heartless bastard.
You're citing specific things that need to be changed ... such as people no being deemed uninsurable. He was referring to those not working and living off food stamps. They are radically different things.
</blockquote>LOL Actually Tsunami, the guy I'm talking about was responding to a woman who had just spoken up for those who have pre-existing conditions and those who are "not insurable." The insurance you can buy, if any at all, is extremely expensive, and not because of any condition they had control over.
The man stood right up, pointed at her and told her that those people should "get up off the couch and get a job, and quit expecting the government to give them things."
To me that is cruel and makes no logical sense.
To be fair, though, I thought the guy who shouted something like, "Get the government out of my Medicare!" was worse. LOLOL
</blockquote> See, this is the problem when people speak without actually understanding all of the issues.
And it's amazing how FOX News and MSNBC ... and even CNN ... allow people to think such action is not only tolerable, but desirable.
And "get the government out of my medicare" ... oy vey. where to begin. :blink:
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"I learned that dreams don't work without action. I learned that no one could stop me but me. I learned that love is stronger than hate. And most important, I learned that God does exist. He and/or she is right inside you underneath the pain, the sorrow and the shame."
-tsu