Cecilie1200
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- Nov 15, 2008
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Ummm.....What if they can't? hence why they don't have insurance to begin with.
Right. They cant. BUT they still get the care the need. And that is why costs to the rest of us, who do pay, is skyrocketing.
Exactly. This is what they are not getting. We are already paying for all these people who don't have insurance but are still being treated at ER's and hospitals who can not turn them away. The problem is we are paying for ER costs which are DRASTICALLY higher and is an extremely inefficient way of paying for their care. It would be much more efficient to subsidize these peoples insurance so they can get preventative care and treat their ailments before they get out of control and end up costing us a lot more money when they visit the ER.
In the end we are paying for people who aren't insured no matter what, it's just a question of how do we want to do it. Efficiently or inefficiently?
It would be even more efficient to just stop paying for other people. Why is their health supposed to be more valuable to me than it is to them?