So, I must confused on this health care issue. Is the government planning on SHUTTING DOWN all health care except for government-run healthcare? I mean, will those people who are complaining about how government-run healthcare is going to put people on waiting lists for surgeries according to need (that's called triage on the battlefield and emergency situations, and is also the way that the organ transplant list is administered), or not pay for your elective boob job not going to be able to go to private insurance providers who WILL fund vanity surgeries or put the haves before the have-nots b/c they can pay for the heart/liver/kidney/whatever?
I've heard the argument that government-run healthcare will put private insurance companies out of business and all I've got to say about that is "THAT'S JUST STUPID." As long as there are people who want coverage beyond basic and are willing to pay for it there will be providers who are willing to make a profit off of them, hurrah for capitalism. So it looks to me like if government-run healthcare goes through and private healthcare goes belly-up it will be b/c the complainers all jumped on the free government healthcare wagon after all, leaving private companies to flounder.
So what am I missing?
Surely all the squabble can't be because the haves just don't want to fund healthcare access for the have-nots. Surely those who have are not still buying into the myth that those who have not are all just a bunch of stupid, lazy n'er-do-wells, who need only to apply themselves to gain money, position, and abundant blessings. Surely the idea that those who can't afford something in the US are only in that position because they don't want to work for it is recognizable as the fallicious and even malicious thought that it is.
So what do you think?
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