Quote Originally Posted by Hellow View Post
Uh.
The government would be deciding if you get treatment for a terminal illness that you could contract.
That is not putting your entire life into their hands.. how?
As opposed to a health insurance provider? I can get on the phone and speak with a congressional staffer about an issue in a few minutes........try that with a health insurance company.

I don't trust either one, and I haven't seen a version of HCR past the committee stage which includes single payer or government run insurance as an option....as a matter of fact the version which just made it out of committee did so solely because it did not contain such a provision.


Yes, I know that tax money - a lot of it - goes to healthcare. Imagine that, but about 5x worse and you get what I am talking about
But with some type of base health insurance mandatory you could knock off about $2k/year from the premiums for those of us who already have insurance (which goes to pay for those who don't have insurance, and all the unpaid hospital bills), and make insurance more affordable. Far more than just taxes go into health insurance and medical care payment. Look beyond Drudge, CNN et. al for a moment.