FedExWench
I think you are a little confused. They only inflate the prices they charge to compensate for the non-insured and illegals that do not have health insurance.
That's only part of the reason they inflate their costs. I don't know about you, but I have NEVER delivered to a hospital that wasn't under going some sort of expansion. I also took a look at my mother's final medical bill. They had things "ready" that they never used, but since the item was put out, she was charged for it even though the sterile seal was never broken. I'm betting you paychecks that that "kit" was just put back in stock since it wasn't used, and they charged my parents $150 for each time. (A total of 6 procedures were performed. $900 for an item that was NEVER used.)
Why would they when they can get a welfare check or extended unemployment check courtesy of Obama and our more than generous Congress.(They always like spending other people's money)
The extended unemployment benefits also happen to include hard working Americans that lost thier jobs through no fault of their own and are having a lot of trouble finding new employment. You'd want to cut them off at the knees too?
Look, Welfare is an easy target. Yeah, we have lazy, shiftless people in our society. I don't know what to do about them, and neither do you. We can let them live on the streets or keep them with some sort of roof over their heads. Until we get heartless enough to to cut them loose, we're going to have welfare. And if you don't think the crime rate would rise by forcing these people out onto the streets, you're dreaming. We either "take care" of these people or we will pay in some other way. Just as we pay bigger insurance rates because of people using the emergency room as their primary care giver, we would pay higher social costs by stopping the aid to those that either can't or won't work. I know it's a tough pill to swallow, but as a society, we have to swallow it. The only way we can change it is at the core. Too many issues at the core to go into here, but it involves drug laws, drop out rates, and medical issues.
If you are a private sector working stiff, then you are to be squeezed like a lemon by our over spending out of control government.
Yeah, we're being squeezed. No doubt about that. There are huge amounts of waste that those in charge refuse to address. I don't know what the answer to that is, except voting, but it seems once they get in and get trained in the way of American politics, nothing changes. I think we need something radical in the way we choose our "leaders". Another topic maybe....
Dude, regardless of what Beck and Limbaugh say, we are far from a full socialist society. Look up the word and then come back and tell me we are a socialist society.
In several aspects we are. Our Military, the VA, the Post Office, our police, our firefighters, the National Guard, libraries.
I'm not sure why you say we are completely socialist. You may think Obama is going to make us so, but that's because you have given up and accepted the rantings of BeckLimbaugh. Just remember, they are ENTERTAINERS who make a :
: load of money preaching fear and hatred to the yearning masses. They know what sells, and that's what they offer.
Do your own research. The insurance companies have a vested interest in keeping things the way they are. I don't know about you, but if I want to see my doctor, I have to make an appointment which may be weeks if not months in advance. It's not like you can get instant health care in America. Unless of course you go to the emergency room and wait for 10 hours.
You need to look at the other costs we pay for that aren't readily apparent. Then you can see why it is important that people buy into some sort of health care. Be it government sponsored or private.
I really believe that a government sponsosred health car plan will be less expensive than the emergency health care "plan" we now use. I'd rather pay for someone to
avoid health issues than pay the inflated costs of emergency care.
The right apparently believes that it is better to pay for emergency care than to avoid it.
Of course, the evil illegles who are all murderous monsters may still require our paying for their health care. What I want to know is when did we become the nation that would turn people out to die on the streets instead of helping them? Fine. Fix them, deport them. I don't know about you, but I would rather our nation be tolerant and help those in need than the nation that lets people die.
The world is bigger than our wallets. It sucks I know, but we aren't alone here. As much as the right would want us to be, we aren't.
Don't buy into their fear and hatred.