Quote:Nobody is arguing against profits being made?


I can produce dozens or even hundreds of examples from our dear ruler on down where insurance companies and pharmaceutical firms are regularly blasted for daring to want to make a profit. 

 

Our healthcare system did not require a complete reinvention where the government was running the show, and using the IRS to enforce it.  There were definitely issues, but despite that, we still had the best healthcare system in the world.  There's a reason people came from around the globe to receive medical attention here in the US.  With the ACA, you're going to see doctors flocking from medical practice, and you're going to see the level of care decline.  It's already happening.  And why?  Because the government decided to take over 1/6 of the economy.  And they didn't take it over because they wanted to help.  If you believe that, I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you.  For the government, this is about control.  Getting control over our healthcare basically gives the government domain over our entire existence.  They literally have the power of life or death in their hands.  Considering how inefficient and incompetent the government is at running anything, that's not a comfort to know we'll have to depend on them for our very lives. 

That's one way to look at it. Another is, that it was only considered great if you had a ton of money. If you didn't well, sorry about your luck. I find that despicable. When money is the factor that decided weather a person gets well or not, than that is literally having the power of life or death in their hands. Only those hands are billionaires.

 

I am not opposed to haves, having more but not at the expense of the have nots. 

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