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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Road Walker who wrote (1950)	9/1/2007 3:44:09 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 42652

Most of these people are hard workers that just caught a bad break. We don't know that. We don't know what life choices may have put them in the position they are in. An asteroid falling on you is a "bad break." Smoking, living above your means, failing to plan, hanging with the wrong crowd, etc. are not bad breaks. To be charging uninsured people 2X-5X-10X the "insurance rate" for medical treatment is unconsciousable. I would think that you would be outraged. What makes you think that I am not outraged by the disparity? I think it's horrid. The question remains what to do about it. Getting sidetracked by the odd claim that the poor subsidize the insured would not seem to be helpful.