I obviously disagree. In one hand you insist that everyone gets health care in this country, you say that each one of us ought to pay for our own health care, yet you do not believe that we should all have insurance, so a whole group of people (many of which have NOTHING, so can't even declare bankrupcy) continue to be paid for by us.
So. . .why does ANYONE have insurance at all? Why don't we ALL wait until we get sick, go to the emergency room, get sued for the payment of our health care bill, declare bankrupcy, and start over again. . .until the next "emergency visit?"
What are the "horrible" consequences of a public option, or an universal health care system that make it so much worse than what we have now in this country?
And don't tell me "waiting lines!" I had my accident on July 3. I had "emergency" surgery on July 7 (because of the 4th of July. . .wouldn't want to ruin the doctors' weekend!). A week later my collar bone broke again. . .I was FINALLY able to see an orthopedist surgeon in my area on August 8 (three weeks after my collar bone broke again). My second surgery took place on September 6! I stayed 7 weeks with a broken, displaced collar bone, two of the 7 screws that "held" the metal plate in the bone floating around within millimeters of my lungs and my carotide.
My neighbor needs a shoulder replacement. She was diagnosed in June of this year. Her surgery is now scheduled for November!
Please tell me what FACTUAL "horrors" you fear about a system that would offer a public option or a non-profit option that would allow EVERYONEto have insurance?
