First of all, all people need healthcare at some point. This isn't like watching fox news. People can get by without watching fox news. But not without seeing a doctor. Most likely in an emergency situation, when you least expected it.
Take taxes. We pay taxes. We have no option. They are taken right out of the paycheck before you ever see that paycheck. Can you imagine if people could "opt-out" of paying taxes?
"NAW, I WON'T PAY TAXES... I WILL NEVER DRIVE ON A ROAD, OR NEED A POLICEMAN, OR FIREMAN, OR MILITARY PROTECTION FROM CHINA AND IRAN. IT SHOULD BE UP TO ME IF I WANT GOVERNMENT MILITARY PROTECTION AT MY HOUSE. OR IF I WANT THE POLICE TO SHOW UP WHEN A CRAZED GUNMAN IS HOLDING HOSTAGES AT MY WORK PLACE. AND I JUST WILL NEVER DRIVE ON ANY CITY OR FEDERAL PAVED ROAD. PERIOD!"
Same-o with healthcare.
Healthcare is not an option. Not for the so called 99%. Republicans may cheer at the idea of people just left to die. Left bleeding in the street after a car wreck. They can cheer on the idea, but society just doesn't work that way. Never has...! What happens after a bad car wreck? First thing people do is to call 911.
Required financial contribution to ones healthcare is not some new idea. It is the way things should have been all along. What is happening is it just has taken this long to realize that fact. Like a group thing, where everyone is protected by the police, the fire department, military. You cannot say, well, the house on 1001 Main Street should be covered by city services, but the house across the street at 1003 main street can "opt-out".
This is not some crazy Obamacare idea.
People are not being forced to take part in some optional service, that they do not already take part in, one way or another, in the first place.
And our lesson for tomorrow kiddies... how to walk and chew gun at the same time!
And if you walk in front of an oncoming car and get hit while attempting that trick, maybe YOU can pay your ER bill instead of all the rest of us paying your ER bill.
Maybe I will agree with the idea of "opting-out" of ones healthcare obligation, the first time I see someone laying in the street, blood and guts everywhere, the ambulance rolls up and hears the guy saying "Oh I'm Ok... Just let me lay here for awhile".
And they do just that, and leave.
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