The $200K lesson I learned from getting shot
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#2Seems to me the author is conflating the principle of insurance with Obamacare.
Or in other words, it's not because the general concept of insurance can be wise that every implementations are interesting.
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#3Can I be the first non-US citizen in this thread express my incredulity that anything less than universal health care is tolerated? "Barbaric" is the term that seems to strike me whenever I hear of it, hyperbolic though it may be.
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#4Seems to me the author is conflating the principle of insurance with Obamacare. Or in other words, it's not because the general concept of insurance can be wise that every implementations are interesting.
Just because Obamacare isn't perfect, doesn't mean you are better off without insurance. His post is not addressing the policy, his post is addressing the individuals who are deciding whether to enroll.
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#5Can I be the first non-US citizen in this thread express my incredulity that anything less than universal health care is tolerated? "Barbaric" is the term that seems to strike me whenever I hear of it, hyperbolic though it may be.
Yes, yes, Americans are practically drooling Cro-magnons for not having universal health care. We know, we've heard it countless times before, and I'm not sure it contributes anything to the discussion other than a smug sense of self-superiority for the non-American readers.
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#6> But there’s no equity, dividend or residual value in a splenectomy.
I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with that. The residual value is every day afterwards that you get to live. (not that I disagree with the sentiment, just sayin)
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#7Can I be the first non-US citizen in this thread express my incredulity that anything less than universal health care is tolerated? "Barbaric" is the term that seems to strike me whenever I hear of it, hyperbolic though it may be.
Yes, yes, Americans are practically drooling Cro-magnons for not having universal health care. We know, we've heard it countless times before, and I'm not sure it contributes anything to the discussion other than a smug sense of self-superiority for the non-American readers.
Somehow seeing it repeated makes me hopeful that people will eventually be confronted to the point that their head will intentionally or accidentally recede back from out their ass.
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#8> They also enter a social contract that promises to provide them affordable coverage when they’re older and no longer healthy, as a form of back payment for cross-subsidizing today’s aged and ill.
This is only true if the law requires younger people to pay more than their cohort consumes on an average basis, so as to transfer even more wealth from the working young to the retired, wealthy elderly.
Hmmm http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisconover/2012/11/27/young-pe...
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#9Beware the automatically played, LOUD advertisement.
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#10Can I be the first non-US citizen in this thread express my incredulity that anything less than universal health care is tolerated? "Barbaric" is the term that seems to strike me whenever I hear of it, hyperbolic though it may be.
Yes, yes, Americans are practically drooling Cro-magnons for not having universal health care. We know, we've heard it countless times before, and I'm not sure it contributes anything to the discussion other than a smug sense of self-superiority for the non-American readers.
As an American I agree, it's terrible not having universal healthcare. What's the point of being a large body if we don't take advantage of that? And if we don't, we really aren't anything except individuals. Nothing wrong with being an individual, but we can be and accomplish so much more together. Apart, we're just living in the same place.