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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Not to diminish the plight of those w/o health insurance, w/o the hope of owning a home, etc., but it is not the "vast majority" of working America, not even close.
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I think the government should require that all parents buy heath insurance for their children. Of course it would be means tested and low income people would be given assistance as they are now with Medicaid. Those in the gap between being able to afford health insurance and too high of an income for Medicaid could get vouchers.
I remember being in law school and one of my classmates, who grew up on medicaid, talked about how she could afford health insurance for her child, but thought it was cheaper to just pay for doctor visits out of pocket. This is the mentality of many young uninsured adults in this country - they are healthy now and it is cheaper to just pay for medical care than to pay for insurance. They are right as long as all they need is preventive care while in their 20's. Too bad they are too stupid to even buy catastrophic coverage, which is really cheap at that age.
