The PPACA Thread Part VI: Tax Cuts Are More Important Than Your Health Care!

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Re: The PPACA Thread Part VI: Tax Cuts Are More Important Than Your Health Care!

i don't practice santeria

I ain't got no crystal ball

[The Sicatoka]

Re: The PPACA Thread Part VI: Tax Cuts Are More Important Than Your Health Care!

$40,000.00 in premiums?

Screw it; bank the $40k, pay the penalty.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/heal...87144.html#fmp

[trixR4kids]

Re: The PPACA Thread Part VI: Tax Cuts Are More Important Than Your Health Care!

As if premiums weren't going up a lot with our aging population before ACA...

[ScoobyDoo]

Re: The PPACA Thread Part VI: Tax Cuts Are More Important Than Your Health Care!

$40,000.00 in premiums?

Screw it; bank the $40k, pay the penalty.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/heal...87144.html#fmp

Sure. And then if you have a budget busting illness or some sort declare bankruptcy. Good plan.

[The Sicatoka]

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As if premiums weren't going up a lot with our aging population before ACA...

I'll save Kep the trouble because I just know he'll come and say it here on this subject ...

[trixR4kids]

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That's not what whataboutism is, you of all people should know since you do it all the time.

Also like how your plan if you get a life threatening illness is to declare bankruptcy and have the taxpayer pay for your healthcare. So much for self sufficiency lmao.

[The Sicatoka]

Re: The PPACA Thread Part VI: Tax Cuts Are More Important Than Your Health Care!

Sure. And then if you have a budget busting illness or some sort declare bankruptcy. Good plan.

Life is a series of calculated risks.

How many times have you incurred $40k worth of medical expenses in a year?

For that number I'd say you're far better off with a major (catastrophic) medical policy and paying for the "normal" stuff out of pocket.

[ScoobyDoo]

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That's not what whataboutism is, you of all people should know since you do it all the time.

Also like how your plan if you get a life threatening illness is to declare bankruptcy and have the taxpayer pay for your healthcare. So much for self sufficiency lmao.

The best part is how the bankruptcy laws favor the rich and powerful and the corporations that are rich and powerful. Screw the little guy.

[Kepler]

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I ain't got no crystal ball

[dxmnkd316]

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Life is a series of calculated risks.

How many times have you incurred $40k worth of medical expenses in a year?

For that number I'd say you're far better off with a major (catastrophic) medical policy and paying for the "normal" stuff out of pocket.

Then why require any kind of insurance? How many times has your house burned down? How many times have you been involved in a serious accident?

[ScoobyDoo]

Re: The PPACA Thread Part VI: Tax Cuts Are More Important Than Your Health Care!

Life is a series of calculated risks.

How many times have you incurred $40k worth of medical expenses in a year?

For that number I'd say you're far better off with a major (catastrophic) medical policy and paying for the "normal" stuff out of pocket.

Just gambled on that with my 18 year old daughter. The catastrophic plan she was able to get was $140 a month vs. the $500 no matter how many children you have option with my employer.

The catastropic plan has an out of pocket of less than $10,000. So, I could lose $4000 on the deal.

[trixR4kids]

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Then why require any kind of insurance? How many times has your house burned down? How many times have you been involved in a serious accident?

Why require anything maaaaaaaaan, libertarianism worked so well back in the late 1800's ya see, errrr wait, I mean it's never been tried yet but if it was it would work so well!

[The Sicatoka]

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Then why require any kind of insurance? How many times has your house burned down? How many times have you been involved in a serious accident?

I wouldn't require any kind of insurance, but don't expect any sort of assistance because of your choice either.

House? Never. < knock wood> Happened to friends (lightning) recently. I carry max deductible. It's a necessary evil I choose.

And I've been broadsided by a drunk going the highway speed limit (55) but on a city street (25).

[trixR4kids]

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The whole point of car insurance being required is if someone hits you their insurance ensures that you get compensated. With health insurance it ensures that people don't abuse the ER and make everyone pay for their catastrophic health issues.

[Kepler]

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The whole point of car insurance being required is if someone hits you their insurance ensures that you get compensated. With health insurance it ensures that people don't abuse the ER and make everyone pay for their catastrophic health issues.

Doesn't medical insurance compensate the medical service provider the same way auto insurance compensates the owner of the car hit?

In each case society runs better if the party who may require compensation is assured of it.

That's the logic of requiring medical insurance, to me.

The alternative is letting an uninsured party die on the table for making a bad gamble (or a child for her parents making a bad gamble). I guess that's a way of running a libertarian state, but it's not where I want to live.