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Originally Posted by roachboy
just out of curiousity, what do you imagine the functions of welfare to be, dk?
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the 'general welfare' clause in the constitution would be things related nationally, like interstate highways and such. welfare, as commonly thought of as government assistance for below poverty income homes, is a state function and has no business being in a federal spending/stimulus package.
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Originally Posted by dippin
Well, the issue of "sin taxes" and the issue of invasive questionnaires are different ones. And in fact as long as medicine is private and for profit, insurance companies and doctors will ask that, and they should. The only way to price insurance in a private market is to learn about all the risky behavior. If you don't like that they ask about it and price accordingly, then you shouldn't like it that they ask people about smoking habits, drinking habits, medical history, etc, etc. Soon, they end up without a way of pricing insurance, and therefore pull out of the market. Then the only solution becomes single payer healthcare system.
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In free market, a doctors practice can certainly ask those questions, and I'm certainly free to find a doctor that doesn't consider it his business. As to the theory of insurance companies pulling out of the market because they can't price policies? not buying it. there will always be another company coming in to alter their rates and take up the business.
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Originally Posted by dippin
Now, I am all for universal healthcare and a single payer system. It seems like you are not. Just keep in mind that as long as its a private market, they have all the right in the world to ask those questions.
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do you think in the universal system you are wanting, these questions will not be asked?