Pete
Repete
Thats the point. Bush didn't do anything to medicare. It is funded by congress for the year in the annual budget. As more and more people enter the system the administraters must make tough choices. In this case it was to evidently drop the lifeline button and up the co-pay on meds.
I will conceed one point to you. Since we are the most civilized, advanced and wealthy country on the planet we have a personal obligation to help those who are less fortunate or incapable of taking care of themselves. Help, not fully fund. I personally have no problem paying for some welfare programs and medicare.
that being said If I have a responsibility to "assist" others, they and their families in turn have a responsibility to plan ahead so that they are not forced to eat catfood and sit in a cold house without medicine waiting for the government (read: taxpayers) to send a check for all their needs.
sleuth
Livin' Like Thanksgivin'
Originally posted by lfquade
I would like to know what part of that YOU find funny, MY DAUGHTER almost died and you have the guts to make a joke about it. AND we expected THe 20,000 bill? F-U!!!! MAYBE one day when you have a kid and they almost die YOU will REGRET what you said.
Did I say anywhere that I thought it was funny?
Here is exactly what I said: "Tell us why you didn't have health insurance before you got saddled with a $20,000 health bill when you had a baby."
No where in that sentence did I say... "Gee, that's funny" or anything remotely close to it.
If you had had health insurance before you had the baby, you probably wouldn't have $20,000 to pay. If everyone had to pay $20,000 everytime a child was born, there'd be a lot fewer families havin' kids out there.
sleuth
Livin' Like Thanksgivin'
But you obviously DO need extra money, if you can't afford to buy health insurance. ~sigh~
Health insurance, in this day and age, is a MUST-HAVE, especially with 4 kids. It should be right up there with food, water, clothes, and a roof over the home.
If I lost everything I had tomorrow, there's 5 things that I would make dang sure I didn't lose.
1. Food
2. Water
3. A few sets of clothes
4. A place to sleep
5. Health Insurance
CMC122
Go Braves!
Originally posted by lfquade
WHAT part of english DONT you get? THe 20,000 bill wasnt from her being born.. IT WAS TO KEEP HER ALIVE.....
NO CRAP!! Once she's out everything should have been covered from his insurance. I was triing to understand why it wasn't that's all.
I refuse to use the "R" word but you have to be mentally challenged.
sleuth
Livin' Like Thanksgivin'
Originally posted by lfquade
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A $20,000 bill, which I"m sure you have never seen one that high ever...
Actually, I just bought a home for $148,000 dollars, of which I will pay over $300,000 before I finish paying it.
And I'm 26, and I don't make a lot of money, but I do what I have to in order to make ends meet, because I know that buying a house is a sound investment, one that will improve my financial situation in the future.
sleuth
Livin' Like Thanksgivin'
Originally posted by lfquade
I AM THE ONLY PERSON IN THE FAMILY WHO DOSENT HAVE IT.....
Well get it! Call Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield and buy yourself a personal policy for around $70 a month.
That's what I did when I was unemployed for almost a year in 2001-2002. And I mowed lawns to pay for it.