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Re:The one HR benefit every startup should add by jessedhillon on Monday August 26, 2013 @03:38PM (#6279385)
Your demands to be left alone would be much more convincing if you would sign a forfeiture of your right to participate in the US medical care system above a certain price point, per year. (Assuming we could enforce it)

If, when the care required to save your life cost above, say, $10k in one year, you agreed to die -- then I would consider you to be taking the notion of individual responsibility seriously. As it stands, you are proudly forcing the rest of us to bear your risks.

Re:The one HR benefit every startup should add by moron4hire on Monday August 26, 2013 @04:08PM (#6279553)
And people think I'm the heartless one for not wanting the line the coffers of Aetna, et. al.
Re:The one HR benefit every startup should add by ufmace on Monday August 26, 2013 @06:30PM (#6280330)
I'm pretty right-wing generally, but I don't see any alternative between forcing everyone to pay for healthcare somehow, or having hospitals literally throw people out as soon as they are unable to pay. Nobody is willing to vote for throwing injured broke people onto the streets, so we're all going to be paying for it somehow, whether it's through mandatory insurance or taxes.
Re:The one HR benefit every startup should add by jessedhillon on Monday August 26, 2013 @06:15PM (#6280256)
Hey, none of us like the fact that insurance is so profitable for Aetna et al. We just recognize the cost-benefit tradeoff of paying premiums, and the merit of making urgent medical care undeniable -- i.e. we can't force a hospital not to treat you if you are in dire medical need. So the hypothetical I mentioned above is not, in fact, possible.
Re:The one HR benefit every startup should add by walshemj on Monday August 26, 2013 @04:26PM (#6279678)
Yeah but will you still say the same when the doctors say to you like mine did to me "we are putting you on the kidney transplant list"