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Re:I shared my toddler's hospital bill on Twitter by wyager on Saturday July 08, 2017 @02:49AM (#14724445)
In what way does wanting to keep what I earn mean I "hate others"? I feel sad when I walk by homeless people, but I don't stop and give them everything I can afford until I'm impoverished. Do you? If not, why do you hate others so much that you want to "keep them from getting housing"?

Hopefully you see why your argument is disingenuous. If you're really so hard on hypocrisy, you should go out right now and give every last penny to someone else's medical expenses. Or are you only generous enough to spend other people's money?

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Re:I shared my toddler's hospital bill on Twitter by siidooloo on Saturday July 08, 2017 @03:50AM (#14724574)
Maybe you didn't read the story but people were sending her death threats.
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Re:I shared my toddler's hospital bill on Twitter by tnzn on Saturday July 08, 2017 @01:11PM (#14726181)
who cares about reading the whole story w hen you're a libertarian (not you) who thinks every penny he makes is due to his own merit and he is entitled to this no matter the life of others though :/
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Re:I shared my toddler's hospital bill on Twitter by wyager on Saturday July 08, 2017 @09:01PM (#14727902)
Ah, I see you're of the much more enlightened opinion that everything you earn is due to and owned by the government, and anything they let you have is due to their own benevolence and good grace.
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Re:I shared my toddler's hospital bill on Twitter by wyager on Saturday July 08, 2017 @09:02PM (#14727906)
Maybe you didn't read the GP's comment but that's not what we're talking about.
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Re:I shared my toddler's hospital bill on Twitter by nicky0 on Saturday July 08, 2017 @03:58PM (#14726936)
No one is suggesting anyone should give every last cent to others.

The idea is that if everyone gives a small amount, then a large amount becomes available those unfortunate few that need it.

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Re:I shared my toddler's hospital bill on Twitter by wyager on Saturday July 08, 2017 @09:00PM (#14727898)
Have you looked at expected lifetime medical cost data? Please do so. It's not "a small amount". And where do we draw the line? We could spend an arbitrary amount of money pushing medicine down the diminishing returns curve until we bankrupt the entire society.
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Re:I shared my toddler's hospital bill on Twitter by nicky0 on Monday July 10, 2017 @04:27PM (#14739341)
You could if your were stupid, yes. Or you could put on your big boy pants as a country and put together an effective and humane healthcare system. Yes, compromises have to be made, you can't cover absolutely everything.

Socialised medicine works successfully in other countries to the US, including my own. That's the only data point I need.

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