OT: Health and Auto Insurance and Sharing The Wealth

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Hi Susan:

 

I meant that when someone gets sick without insurance and can't pay their bills

when something happens, the health care providers have to write that off. It

makes health care costs higher for the shrinking pool of people who still do

pay. If everyone paid into it, it would be affordable for everyone, the way it

is in the rest of the first world. That is, if the big insurance companies

don't skim so much off the top.

 

I used to think that using street drugs was a victimless crime when I was

younger, back in the eighties but looking back over decades I've seen the

fallout from self destructive lifestyles. For example, someone I used to know

who partied all the time now has liver cancer. He's been homeless and has had

to depend on whatever social services and handouts he can get. Back in the

eighties I thought it was no big deal. In those days he just seemed like the

happy go lucky type. It doesn't look like a big deal moment by moment, but when

you look at the trajectory and the overall impact, yeah lots of people have been

hurt by his conduct, a lot of people have had to pick up his tab, and it

continues today. I deplore this but don't know what can be done about it.

 

When I was an hrd, one employee in particular told me he spent his money on

cigarettes and beer instead of paying for health insurance premiums. I think

it's ironic that someone would pay for things that can have a harmful impact on

their health instead of paying for some type of health care health.

 

By the way, have you seen " Sicko " ? I just saw it this evening.

 

Susan

 

, " SusanP " <ripple95 wrote:

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> Hi Susan, I'm just curious about your statement that someone who drinks and

uses drugs and thinks it's their business and isn't hurting anyone is wrong.

Just wondering because if that person is my neighbor and drinking and smoking

something in the privacy of their own home and not driving around how is that

hurting someone? I used to be one of those young persons who opted not to get

insurance but it wasn't because I was spending the money on alcohol or

cigarettes. I had an employer who offered me a raise or health insurance.

Being young and hoping the odds were on my side I decided to take the raise

because I lived alone, had rent, bills, and a second job to cover it all so the

money just seemed more important at the time. Susan

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