Redfish
Diamond Member
no one was denied medical care before ACA. NO ONE. Even those in the country illegally were treated, and it was FREE.
ACA was a fix for a problem that did not exist. Those who paid always covered those who did not, exactly the same as under obozocare, except that now they also have to pay for a huge government beaurocracy to "administer" it.
A health insurance problem sure did exist, ask those who didn't have it. Ask those who couldn't afford it? Ask those who had a preexisting condition, or met their lifetime cap. Ask those who filed bankruptcy due to medical bills, lost their homes and savings. Ask them.
there were two problems that could have been fixed with a one page bill.
make insurance companies take people with pre-existing conditions
do away with lifetime maximums
No one filed bankruptcy solely due to medical bills. They may have filed due to car payments, credit card debt, etc. but 98% of unpaid medical bills were either written off or covered by Medicaid or medicare.
The uninsured were not turned away. you are posting lies and left wing talking points.
No of course they went to er, you call visits to er health care? I call it emergency care due to no healthcare or an accident of some sort.
A large maj of bankruptcies are due to medical bills.
Medicaid paid for unpaid medical bills, no not if one had assets and could afford their own insurance. Do you know how low one needs to be to get on Medicaid??? In Texas a family of 3 its 8700 a year and no assets.
Medicare is for someone who is 65 or disabled.
Yes, when you get it free, its not always convenient, tough shit, its free.
Some bankruptcy filings include unpaid medical bills, but none include ONLY unpaid medical bills. Hospitals and doctors do not take patients to court for unpaid bills, they write them off and make it up by charging more to those who are insured. That's exactly the same under obozocare. Nothing is changed except that those paying are now paying more and have higher deductibles. Sure, you like it if you get it free. I understand that. But there is a net cost increase to the entire country that someone has to pay.
ER is not the same thing as health insurance. The rest I refuse to debate with you, I am the one for the ACA, so everyone pays. you would rather pay for the uninsured. Are you crazy.
you are either very stupid or very uninformed.
"everyone pays" under ACA? are you fricken crazy? Do those who get it free pay? do those who get big supplements pay?
Yes, going to the ER is not the same as going to a doctor's office. Its inconvenient. But its free. Why should something free be as convenient as paying for something?