captainwalrus wrote:Do the current companies really handle anything any better than the government does? When was the last time you thought to yourself, Hmmm, I am really glad my insurance company has me in their best interest and cares more about me than about money?
It doesn't matter whether or not they care about me. Their desire for my money and their desire for other customers to both be attracted to their company and to retain their current customers will force them to provide the service that they claim to. this is the basic principle of capitalism. However, they will do whatever they think they can get away with, which is why the consumers must remain vigilant and wary of the companies they choose to give their money to.
xelabale wrote:So the people arguing for socialised healthcare don't care about healthcare? How I recieve treatent and pay for it has no effect on me whatsoever? I don't understand your point, you seem to be saying that anyone who cares enough to be taking time to write about it on an internet forum doesn't care? WTF?
I was referring to whoever it was who said something along the lines that it didn't bother them that their money might be spent on some strangers health
xelabale wrote:Who's asses are the government kissing? It may be inefficient, but it'll definitely be fair. Why not fight for an efficient socialised system, if that's your argument against it? Do you agree in principle with socialised healthcare, or the way it may be run?
I was calling the government itself a pile of ass kissers, as all most of them care about it pleasing the person above them in order to receive some sort of reward. I don't believe in my money going to the government to pay for some other person's health. It won't "definitely be fair". There are many cases of deserving people missing out on government handouts while slackers who have never worked a day in their lives live of my tax money. I know several people who graduated high school last year, and they went straight to the welfare station and receiving welfare, just because they are lazy, while this money could be much better spent in other areas of the government.