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Originally Posted by spindles
I'm assuming one of the benefits of your high paid position is medical benefits, right? So if this was paid to the government (as tax) to handle healthcare rather than going to an insurance company, wouldn't you have no difference? It really is just distributing money that is already paid to/for you...
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If it's the same price, sure. But from what I've read it will not be the same price. Every single time someone told me that this law or that proposition will lower the costs, I have paid more each and every time. Automobile insurance in California, Cable TV FCC deregulation, Telecoms Deregulation...
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Originally Posted by Charlatan
You make it sound like everyone has a choice between one sort of work and another. I think you know that it's not that simple.
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My mother in law chose to be an artist as her profession. She scrounges for each and every dollar, each and every month. She has access to healthcare via government programs.
No not everyone, but many have choices. I'll be frank, I'm not interested in pulling up other people by the bootstraps. I'm busy taking care of my own self, family, and extended family. I'm not expecting the government to take care of me at all.
I've had friends who've insisted on liberal arts, change the world ideology and careerpath. That's great! How's that payin' ya?
It is a fact of life that money gives one more choices and options.
I'm not saying my healthcare is cheap, by no means. I've spent close to $4,000 out of pocket this year on premiums and copays. We burned through the $1,200 FSA we setup for the year. We've still got more year left and I'm planning on some elective surgery that I don't even have any idea how much it will cost.
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