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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShould people who wouldn't know solidarity if it bit them in the ass have to buy the same insurance
as everybody else?
No need to dodge around the real question there...
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Should people who wouldn't know solidarity if it bit them in the ass have to buy the same insurance (Original Post)
Recursion
Oct 2013
OP
Dont know. Can we let them die if they get sick and it is not covered by their insurance?
Mass
Oct 2013
#2
I for one feel no particular loyalty to the insurance companies they certainly have shown me none
Fumesucker
Oct 2013
#7
I guess I should have seen this pushback coming after the Stupak fights here.
Starry Messenger
Oct 2013
#8
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)1. Nicely done.
Mass
(27,315 posts)2. Dont know. Can we let them die if they get sick and it is not covered by their insurance?
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)3. Yes, they should, and should have to pay double.
Unless they get on the stick by January 15.
leftstreet
(36,116 posts)4. Seniors are very united in protecting Medicare
I think you'll see some impressive solidarity whe.. if politicians start talking cuts
Squinch
(51,021 posts)5. No. They should have to pay extra for the ass bites.
Xithras
(16,191 posts)6. Solidarity is anathema to the American ideal of rugged individualism.
No need to dodge around the real problem here either. Chipping in for the "greater good" is seen as anti-American by a depressingly vast percentage of our population.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)7. I for one feel no particular loyalty to the insurance companies they certainly have shown me none
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)8. I guess I should have seen this pushback coming after the Stupak fights here.
"AHM NOT PAYING FOR YER SLUT COSMETIC ABORTIONSSSS!!!111"
Has this been the barrier to more socialized systems in this country? Men thinking women aren't worth the money?
Rex
(65,616 posts)9. Do you like paying a bill by someone that skips out on their ER visit?
Nah I didn't think so.