Wriveroutlaw,
I'm sorry if it seemed I said you hated Muslims, I was not saying that, didn't even think that. Typing on the internet can get things confused. I meant that I considered the comment ignorant because I see those militant anti-woman actions to be due to the culture of a country - really to me it is nothing more than that. American Muslims would never consider such a thing. I understand now what you were saying. Can you understand what I am saying?
Docspud,
I should sit down & figure out the #s involved but I havent' because I see billionarie ins CEOs & know they are making money by handing off the sick to our gov. Cut out those billionaries & give the $ to the gov to fund what they already pay for -health care for the sick. If I wanted to make $ in ins, couldn't think of a better way to make it then the current system. Ins people well enough to work but not with a term policy but rather a policy that ends when they are too sick to work, then the big bills will be paid by the gov or absorbed by the hospitals who just passes the cost on to the rest of us. No free lunch, it is dispersed & carried by all, the bill will always be there. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out we are being ripped off. Even if people bought individually, if they couldn't work they probably couldn't pay premiums & if they could, the ins would find a way to exclude.
I have a friend who is a surgeon that I knew in college. He worked day & night & couldn't afford to eat & still works harder & longer than most. He is smart enough to have been anything. He will not be rich until he is 60? He is rich now in his 40s. Everyone has an idea of rich but I don't know anyone that wouldn't consider him rich. He deserves what he earns, I never thought we should go after the docs that afterall is the ins comps other agenda.
Many families are homeless due to med bills, many people have died due to lack of ins. Why? Not for the benefit of our gov economy but rather to make a CEO another billion, or to give a bonus to those who finds a way to hand off the expensive to our gov. They are in business to make $ not care for sick people - you gotta get that!
I kind of see where your coming from.. But billionaire CEO's make up a miniscule portion of our society. Additionally most of the companies ran by billionaire CEO's provide health care to there employees. If you really want to see healthcare prices go down.. Change the laws to better protect doctors from ambulance chasing attorneys who drive up costs by suing doctors for everything.