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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: joefromspringfield who wrote (139475)7/28/2012 9:43:56 PM
From: Paul V.  Read Replies (2) of 224741
 
joe, I agree with you to a point. Except, I do resent the fact that I, through my increased insurance premiums, have to pay extra for him to go to the emergency room of a hospital when he injures himself. ie. One small business in our area uses only "individual contract individuals" to lay carpeting from their store for tax reasons.

The contract employee by accident severely cut his wrist laying carpet, and had to go to the emergency room for treatment and stitches. The local hospital, by law, had to treat (stabilize) him before sending him by ambulance to the trauma unit of another hospital.

Since he did not have healthcare insurance should we allow severely injured individuals to die in the hospital in order to reduce cost - after all that was the individuals choice not to buy insurance coverage. Isn't that the consequences of ones behavior since he chose not to have insurance. Why should we insurance policy holders be responsible for his negligence or the hospital assume the loss?

I wonder, in Texas, if State laws require the hospitals to provide serve to uninsured individuals.

It's their money. They have every right to choose whether to spend it on health insurance or something else.
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