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To: i-node who wrote (711703)	4/24/2013 12:36:08 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571055

Why should ANYONE ELSE be paying for your health care benefits? You are a person of means. If you want preventive care in your policy, fine. You should pay for it. But you have admitted that you are not. No one is paying for mine...I assure you of that. I don't know where you get the idea that I have admitted that I am not. I have said that my wife's policy premium has not increased appreciably...but in hindsight i realize that last year she got a reimbursement because the company was not in compliance with admin cost limits set by ACA....so unless she gets another reimbursement this year her policy will have gone up some....in that sense you could argue that we've been paying for it all along and not getting it. If you are referring generally to the insured paying for the uninsured then I will tell you that you have been paying all along....as you have admitted that the uninsured had health care all along (bullshit, but I will play your game). It is not society's responsibility to take care of people who can take care of themselves. You are making an argument based on false assumptions....and despite your denial, you are personalizing the discussion...which makes it a double waste of time. Al

To: i-node who wrote (711703)	4/24/2013 3:36:49 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1571055

"It is not society's responsibility to take care of people who can take care of themselves." I think most of us would agree with that, Dave. The thing is, you believe that the people that CAN'T take care of themselves can just walk into any Emergency room and be treated. Even if they have chronic, non-emergency conditions or just need non-emergency palliative care or a simple check-up. Which isn't true. SS is ALREADY means-tested. If you make too much, you get less or none. But, if things change and you NEED it, it's THERE.