Crazydad
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You cannot please all of the people all of the time. Some choices won't appeal to you and some others won't appeal to me. Get over it. Just like me, I'm sure you deal with that everyday about some other subjects. That's life in a society.
You are absolutely correct.
Who will decide? Our elected representatives. You vote, don't you? Well, if you don't like what they do, you can always try and vote them out. You also have the choice of running for office yourself. And then you could be one of those making the decision.
An elected official deciding what medical treatment I can and cannot have. Could anything be more frightening?
And yes I do vote and try to get others who are not happy with the current congress to vote them out (regardless of party). I am firmly against career policticians
My biggest problem with our current system is that compared to the rest of the western world, we have a very unhealthy population while we have some of the best medical technology. Definitely something wrong with that picture. Some of it is lifestyle but some of it is due to health insurance system. Plenty of people here do nothing in terms of preventative care or minor care because they don't want to pay their co-pay. Well, when a problem is left unattended it usually only gets worse and when we finally get around to do something about it it either cost a fortune or there's nothing to do.
I would submit it is mostly about lifestyle. As a whole, we eat like crap and get little to no exercise. Plus, as you said "Plenty of people here do nothing in terms of preventative care or minor care because they don't want to pay their co-pay." If they do nothing and don't go see a doctor because they don't want to, why should the rest of us pay for their bad choices? What happened to the concept taking reponsibility for the consequences of our own actions?
I know quite a few people between the ages of 30 and 40 who don't have a single tooth of their own in their mouth. They didn't take care of their teeth, never saw a dentist (it costs money) and all of a sudden they have major problems. It's going to cost too much so they get everything pulled out and get dentures. Dentures at 30?
I decided not to take of my house or my car. The government needs to take money from you and get my house and car fixed. You may say it is different because it is their teeth. But once again, if you are irresponsible, why should the rest of the population have money forcibly taken from them to fix your mistakes?
But, let's be honest, our big corporation are doing everything they can to make sure we don't spend our money wisely.
Did any corporation have a gun to your head forcing you to get a more expensive car? Or put a gun to your head and force you to live beyond your means? (not saying you are, but you know what I mean) No, they didn't. people voluntarily make those choices and then get upset when it comes crashing down. One thing no one likes to think about is that when you live ina free society, that also means you have the freedom to fail and fall on you face. The federal government is the only entity that can force you to give them your money. Anyone else tries it and it is called robbery or extortion.
Also, once again I ask anyone to show me where in the constitution it says the federal government has the power to do this. Or should we just chunk the constitution and let the feds decide everything?