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To: puborectalis who wrote (678809)	10/14/2012 1:46:35 AM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Read Replies (3) of 1572373

Scott was even-keeled, prudent and cautious, and he always looked like the mild-mannered financial consultant that he became. But it would have made more sense to provide Scott with insurance and regular physicals. Catching the cancer early might have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in radiation and chemo expenses — and maybe a life as well. While I generally find it a total waste of time to correspond with you on articles like this, this one is just too obvious to ignore. Why didn't Scott provide his own insurance? I do. My kids do. Everyone in my extended family does. When I was struggling starting my first business, we were neck deep in debt, behind on the mortgage, and buying groceries for my kids on my Citgo card because my ordinary credit cards were maxxed out. But we always managed to pay the $339/month for health insurance. It was hard, but that was the choice we made. And my kids never went one day uninsured in their entire lives. I know what it is to struggle to get by. But even people who are struggling have to have priorities, and having government just take over individual's responsibilities is no solution to the problem. I'm sorry for this guy having to deal with cancer. But instead of using it as an excuse for expanding government, we should see it as an opportunity to learn. There are people who absolutely cannot afford basic health care, and reasonable programs to help those people out exist. And I have on this very thread suggested other sensible alternatives that show I'm not hard-hearted about it. But we can't have the federal government manage everyone's lives. The reason is that government is incompetent to handle that task. And the proof is everywhere -- recently the news appeared that a major restaurant chain is eliminating full-time workers because otherwise they'll be required to provide insurance. The effect of obamacare has been that many of these workers are losing the opportunity for insurance coverage they already had. This is what happens when government gets involved in people's lives. They destroy them. The article is idiotic.

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