Quote:The "poor" probably don't purchase health insurance.  I've seen many cases where the "health care coverage" of the "poor" is covered by medicaid.  That goes for everything from pregnancy to cancer.

 

Case in point.  We have a woman in her 40's that works in our building as a janitor.  She's a white women (as if that really matters) that has the latest iPhone and is constantly on it.  Her employer (same as mine) offers a health insurance policy which is 100% paid for by the employee.  The employee is paid an extra amount per hour to cover the cost of the health insurance (currently $6.07 per hour).  She opted not to sign up for the plan, take the extra cash and didn't have insurance.

 

She was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to undergo treatment under medicaid.  When she was asked why she didn't purchase health insurance, her response was "it's too expensive".  Yet she has a "plan" for her new iPhone including insurance that she "had" to have.  Her medical treatments were paid for out of our tax dollars.

 

Another case in point.  An individual that used to work in our company was pretty similar.  He got the same amount ($6.07 per hour) for medical benefits.  He also refused to purchase the insurance.  He always got the "latest" gaming computer, spent money driving his kids from the west side of Jacksonville every morning to Mandarin because they were "better schools".  He knocked up his wife and guess what?  She had the baby using medicaid and our tax dollars paid for it.  Keep in mind, this idiot made 6 figures.

 

The problem isn't cost (at least part of the problem), the problem is cultural/social mindset.  People aren't taught or just don't want to accept personal responsibility for themselves.

 

Don't give me this "the poor" nonsense.