Car insurance is required, why not health insurance?

I know this is an emotional response, but if a person comes to a hospital asking for help, how can one say no? That puzzles and worries me.
 
This post? I didn't delete anything, so I don't know how it wasn't included. Weird.

posts from hell said:
From our taxes.

I seriously doubt you made and saved up enough for a, let's say, $700,000 health mishap. That would be from our taxes.
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Anyway, I didn't save up the money for medical services. It was called unpaid compensation that was applied to my retirement account. Each year I got a statement that showed my actual pay and monetary compensation, plus the benefits for which I did not get paid. The government didn't pay out the money to me but accounted it for my future retirement. Then, bottom line on my annual statement showed the total equivalent of my real and unpaid salary.

No, I haven't used up $700,000 of medical care yet, though it's possible that I could in the future.

Yes, your taxes (and mine) pay for the military services of everyone.
 
souggy said:
I used to think that way too until I befriended a diabetic. If he wants his insulin, dialyses or check-ups on his condition and so on, Blue Cross foots the bills. He pays the differences.

Now if he went to the ER or needs surgery or go through detox, Canadian taxpayers pay for those.
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My sister diabetic...she noy pay any these...:dunno2:
 
souggy said:
I used to think that way too until I befriended a diabetic. If he wants his insulin, dialyses or check-ups on his condition and so on, Blue Cross foots the bills. He pays the differences.

Now if he went to the ER or needs surgery or go through detox, Canadian taxpayers pay for those.
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This friend is a Canadian?
 
Beowulf said:
I know this is an emotional response, but if a person comes to a hospital asking for help, how can one say no? That puzzles and worries me.
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I don't think they should say no. They should do what's necessary, and sort out the finances after.
 
Beowulf said:
I know this is an emotional response, but if a person comes to a hospital asking for help, how can one say no? That puzzles and worries me.
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Today, should that person go to a for profit hospital, the hospital is only obligated to stabilize them, and then transfer them to a state run hospital for care. There have been many who died in transit.
 
Reba said:
I don't think they should say no. They should do what's necessary, and sort out the finances after.
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Which leaves another unpaid medical bill, which raises the costs to the rest of the population, which the insurance companies use to raise premiums and cut rates of reimbursement, which raised medical care costs.........someone get me off this merry go round.
 
As long as we have an income tax, I would like to see fewer limitations on medical savings accounts, and more exemptions for medical expenses. That would keep down the costs for routine health expenses. It would also lower insurance costs if more people would use insurance for catastrophic expenses and not for routine medical expenses.
 
Health insurance requirement should be a law!
 
Reba said:
As long as we have an income tax, I would like to see fewer limitations on medical savings accounts, and more exemptions for medical expenses. That would keep down the costs for routine health expenses. It would also lower insurance costs if more people would use insurance for catastrophic expenses and not for routine medical expenses.
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Not the people fault. Its the hospitals. My first experience with kidney stones. Painful, allow me to say.

All I did was arrive at 9pm. Stay till 8am. Had a stent inserted, then let go.

That was $45,000. For what? Morphine, some pills, stent operation, xray, and the bed.

Sure, that was routine that I should have paid out of my pocket so insurance costs won't go up. :roll:
 
Reba said:
As long as we have an income tax, I would like to see fewer limitations on medical savings accounts, and more exemptions for medical expenses. That would keep down the costs for routine health expenses. It would also lower insurance costs if more people would use insurance for catastrophic expenses and not for routine medical expenses.
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I fail to see how that would reduce medical costs. Preventive care is the cheapest way to bring down an individual's medical expenses. People who can't afford to go to the doctor out of pocket for preventive care don't. They end up with catastrophic expenses as a result. The way to get them in for preventive care is to cover the cost of it.
 
jillio said:
Are we really going to resort to comparing letter delivery with health care?
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No. We're comparing government management of services with private management of services.
 
posts from hell said:
Not the people fault. Its the hospitals. My first experience with kidney stones. Painful, allow me to say.

All I did was arrive at 9pm. Stay till 8am. Had a stent inserted, then let go.

That was $45,000. For what? Morphine, some pills, stent operation, xray, and the bed.

Sure, that was routine that I should have paid out of my pocket so insurance costs won't go up. :roll:
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No, that wasn't routine.
 
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DeafCaroline said:
souggy said:
I used to think that way too until I befriended a diabetic. If he wants his insulin, dialyses or check-ups on his condition and so on, Blue Cross foots the bills. He pays the differences.

Now if he went to the ER or needs surgery or go through detox, Canadian taxpayers pay for those.
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This friend is a Canadian?
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It's not only him. I had to go through the same thing when I had bronchitis in Edmonton while going to University. Didn't have to pay for E.R. visit, but had to pay for prescription and clinic visits for two months after that. The University found out and told me I shouldn't be paying them out of my own pockets, but rather billing them to my student medical insurance.
 
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