2 Jan 2014 1:17 pm
And there were (are) a good many people who can't afford to pay out of pocket for routine check-ups and tests and would show up already very sick in the ER.Huey » 02 Jan 2014 12:58 pm » wrote: There were people not like you who carried major medical, catestrophic and long term care with but paid out of pocket for routine check ups and tests. They CHOSE to do so and used the money saved on premiums for their retirement, their business or whatever they wanted to use it for. A good many of those people no longer have that choice and are paying hundreds, and in some cases, thousands of dollars more in premium costs.
We end up paying way more after they are in the advanced stages of illness, than we would if we provided preventative care and the ability to diagnose their illnesses early.
I thought you right wingers were fiscal conservatives?
Since we're going to pay for the uninsured one way or another, isn't it better to do it in the more cost effective way?
BTW, many of the people who had the kind of policies you mentioned, were dropped by their insurance carrier once they got sick.