DVS BSTrD said:
Little Woodsman said:
DVS BSTrD said:
How about instead of taking poor people OFF healthcare when they manage to find a minimum wage job, why not make employment a prerequisite for keeping it instead? (American here)
Also magnetic glitter, but that would need conductive non-metals and it's been a while since I was in a chemistry lab.
Or doing something to give incentive/force health insurance companies to put out some plans that don't cost a fortune,
and cover you when you *need* healthcare? All the plans offered by my day job cost an unbelievable amount, because
they are designed for people who want to run to a doctor every time they stub their toe. I didn't go to a doctor
when I got hit by an SUV (while walking) and skidded 17 feet on my back! And I had health insurance at the time!
Well then we run into that lovely little technicality of defining "elective surgery". I'm talking about giving welfare recipients a REASON to find employment. You know the most fragile segment of the welfare population is? Uneducated single mothers (mostly black). Why would they wan to take a minimum wage job when doing so means their children aren't covered by medicaid? You know how shitty project housing is? How many chronic deseases kids get from living there? You wanna make a mother choose between a job and her kids?
As for lowering costs: we tried to get the public option but the Forgetful, Oligarchy and Xenophobia network shut that down because "communists will kil your grandma". People just don't care enough to help each other.
You probably should have gone to the doctor though.
Sorry, I should have started my post with the word 'and' not 'or'. I also support the ideas of keeping incentives
for people to find work, and making sure that their children get adequate medical care.
As for going to the doctor after getting hit by the SUV...well, I didn't have any broken bones or internal bleeding,
all a doctor could do would be say "Wow son, you're sure banged up. Have some painkillers."
I hate prescription painkillers. I'd rather manage with OTC.
My co-workers at that time always said that if I got my leg cut off at work I'd tourniquet it off, spit on the
stump and keep working until my next break time. To which I always replied--"Hey, this is a clean/sterile environment!
I *wouldn't* spit on the stump!" (grin)