Health Care Options

[cmac]

Can someone explain to me in retard terms what we have now, what is being proposed, and what the consequences and benefits of each side are? The news web sites no longer report actual news.
Thanks in advance.

[Inferia]

Well, it's not very effective to go to the emergency room for your kid who has asthma or other conditions they may have develop along the way if they don't have regular doctors check up.

For some people, putting food on the table is hard, $40/month may be a lot of money to put aside. Plus, if your kid is born with a diseases, $40/month may be out of the question.

[impala454]

Well, it's not very effective to go to the emergency room for your kid who has asthma or other conditions they may have develop along the way if they don't have regular doctors check up.

this is completely irrelevant. we're not talking about how the care is given, we're talking about who pays for the insurance.

For some people, putting food on the table is hard, $40/month may be a lot of money to put aside. Plus, if your kid is born with a diseases, $40/month may be out of the question.

1. If $40/month is a stretch for a young couple, they have no business having kids
2. Would it be easier to pay for insurance yourself, or have your taxes massively increased in order to pay for government health insurance? You seem to think the way a lot of liberals do on this subject, that this govt health insurance would be free. FAR from it. Not to mention, someone like me who does the responsible thing and makes sure I have health insurance doesn't want my taxes increased to pay for someone else's poor money management and decisions.