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I’d like to apologize for accusing you of lying I did not mean to.
allow me to explain what I meant by backtracking.
With a lot of these “hot button” issues I think the main neukdas hamachlokes gets ignored in favor of more emotinal “fluff” points.
A great example of this is abortion. People get up in extreme cases of incest rape life in danger etc etc. The MAIN question is is fetus a life. Once that is settled most other points fall into place . Yet that point is often ignored, and peopel tend to jump to the extreme cases to make their point.
wit hhealthcare the MAIN question in my opinion is what is the government’s role. Once that is settled we can discusss ways to make sure noone takes advantage. but the startign point is there. T ostart with a n extrem example of forcing Mr A to pay for Mr B is silly, Partly becasue that isnt a suggestion anyone is making and because it avoids the main question.
THAT was my point. (I get that you were intentionally starting with an extreme situation and planning to move it towards your specific situation.
I didn’t want to leave yo uhanging so I answered your question that no MR A should not be forced to pay for MR B . you then asked abotu a thusand MR A’s paying for a Thousand Mr B’s
To which I replied (using my starting point) that I think EVERYBODY should pay for EVERYBODY. Even if it means raising taxes. Though a 10,000 tax increase was never going to happen.
You said it did happen. But this was misleading. I did not call you a liar, but when yo usaid he did “exactly that” this was a mischaracterization The government under Obamacare DID NOT take over healthcare. They did not adopt what I think they should , a “Medicare for all plan” I have no interest in defending Obamacare. I realize that you were caught up on your specific point (which was about Mr. A and B) , and perhaps I was not clear. for that I apologize.
Before going though, please do read the stroy “UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings”
Its not just that it highlights “a few bad apples” it exposes as the title suggests the inner workings of one of the largest healthinsurance companies. Comlete with audio clips, depostions of the Medical directors who are in charge of denieg care (in this case for one, but generally for hundreds a week!!!)