Can We Survive the Next Financial Crisis?

Re:Can We Survive the Next Financial Crisis? by crazynick4 on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @11:11AM (#17960440)

I was referring to 'extreme' health care incidents. I don't consider it fraud if a person has their back against the wall fighting for their life, and on top of that is dealing with a system that prefers surgery to stem cell injections because of the extra operating room hours that it can bill. Just my personal interpretation.

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Re:Can We Survive the Next Financial Crisis? by ajross on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @12:41PM (#17961293)

And my point was that "extreme" health care incidents represent only a small part of treatments needed, and that people NEED INSURANCE, not to be told "it's OK, you can just not pay".

Your point about "fraud" is just a nitpick over a moral vs. legal definition of the term, and it too isn't helping anyone live a happy life.

Get. Insurance.

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Re:Can We Survive the Next Financial Crisis? by crazynick4 on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @06:10PM (#17963848)

Believe it or not, even with the ACA, not everyone can afford it. $150 a month is too much if you're making 15K a year, or around that number + you have children. If I was still in that income bracket when the ACA came out I would have simply had to take the fine and have it wipe my tax return because there was really no other way.

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Re:Can We Survive the Next Financial Crisis? by ajross on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @06:40PM (#17964047)

Then the proper advice becomes "get your ass out there and vote for a party that will preserve and protect your access to health care" and not "hur, dur, it's all good, you don't have to pay!"

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