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maleficent · 02-16-2006, 12:23 PM

A few weeks back, i was half paying attention to one of hte talking heads on one of the sunday news programs - they were pontificating about the state of healthcare in the US...

they raised an interesting point...

Why should healthcare be tied to employment - so that when/if you lose your job for whatever reason - you are basically insuranceless...

Interesting perpective... but where else is insurance going to come from? Taxes? you can only pay taxes if you are working- but if you aren't working- you don't pay taxes..... but in some scenario where taxes pay for healthcare -- do even non working people get the same healthcare as those that do work? I'd ask the question is that fair... because I don't think it is - -but I'm sure someone would point out to me all the stay at home mothers and children that are entitled to get healthcare.

If taxes were to pay for healthcare, what about the person who has 6 kids - that's their choice... they should pay more than I do... but it seldom would work out that way because some bleeding heart would make the argument that 6 kids cost more money.

My employer allows me several choices of healthcare- and some cost more than others - I prefer to go to my own doctors rather than a 'managed care' type program -- I pay more for that... I'm not sure I'd want to lose that option. So would i have to pay more taxes for that? Already - -I tend to pay more than my share for insurance because 1. I rarely go to the doctor.. .and 2, as a single person, I don't pay half of what married people pay for insurance.. .they are covering two people (one of which is not working)

eh - i'm rambling...

Insurance is a very broken situation right now, and I'm not sure if it's even possible to right it...

02-16-2006, 12:23 PM	#19 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	A few weeks back, i was half paying attention to one of hte talking heads on one of the sunday news programs - they were pontificating about the state of healthcare in the US... they raised an interesting point... Why should healthcare be tied to employment - so that when/if you lose your job for whatever reason - you are basically insuranceless... Interesting perpective... but where else is insurance going to come from? Taxes? you can only pay taxes if you are working- but if you aren't working- you don't pay taxes..... but in some scenario where taxes pay for healthcare -- do even non working people get the same healthcare as those that do work? I'd ask the question is that fair... because I don't think it is - -but I'm sure someone would point out to me all the stay at home mothers and children that are entitled to get healthcare. If taxes were to pay for healthcare, what about the person who has 6 kids - that's their choice... they should pay more than I do... but it seldom would work out that way because some bleeding heart would make the argument that 6 kids cost more money. My employer allows me several choices of healthcare- and some cost more than others - I prefer to go to my own doctors rather than a 'managed care' type program -- I pay more for that... I'm not sure I'd want to lose that option. So would i have to pay more taxes for that? Already - -I tend to pay more than my share for insurance because 1. I rarely go to the doctor.. .and 2, as a single person, I don't pay half of what married people pay for insurance.. .they are covering two people (one of which is not working) eh - i'm rambling... Insurance is a very broken situation right now, and I'm not sure if it's even possible to right it... __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.