Comments on: The Social Stigma of No Health Insurance http://www.creditwithdrawal.com/wordpress/2008/02/26/the-social-stigma-of-no-health-insurance/ Helping You Kick the Credit Habit, One Good Idea at a Time Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:56:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Lisa http://www.creditwithdrawal.com/wordpress/2008/02/26/the-social-stigma-of-no-health-insurance/comment-page-1/#comment-2767 Lisa Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:19:12 +0000 http://www.creditwithdrawal.com/2008/02/26/the-social-stigma-of-no-health-insurance/#comment-2767 Mine? : o Mine? : o

]]> By: Chicken Coop http://www.creditwithdrawal.com/wordpress/2008/02/26/the-social-stigma-of-no-health-insurance/comment-page-1/#comment-2760 Chicken Coop Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:44:13 +0000 http://www.creditwithdrawal.com/2008/02/26/the-social-stigma-of-no-health-insurance/#comment-2760 great post(why i keep getting an error when i try to subscribe to your feed)?thanks great post(why i keep getting an error when i try to subscribe to your feed)?thanks

]]> By: Lisa http://www.creditwithdrawal.com/wordpress/2008/02/26/the-social-stigma-of-no-health-insurance/comment-page-1/#comment-2518 Lisa Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:06:48 +0000 http://www.creditwithdrawal.com/2008/02/26/the-social-stigma-of-no-health-insurance/#comment-2518 I agree with Randall. I just lost my job and now have no health insurance and was in a car accident and even with my 3rd party auto insurance paying my medical bills, the doctors want me to sign practically in blood that I will pay the balance of the bill if my auto insurance medical does not. I never even carried a co-pay balance with this physician and today I was treated like a total low life. The government controls practically everything, and yeah, it does screw things up. However, I would rather pay higher taxes to make sure we are ALL TAKEN CARE OF. I have a friend in Canada and I have visited her and have been with her to see her Dr. just to see, firsthand, how their medical system works and it is fine. Not perfect, but fine. Just like anything else. And Jeff, I hate to tell you this, wake up and take a whiff of reality, but I really doubt that there are people out there who can afford healthcare but opt not to get it. That would be just insane and counter to their own interests, so I don't know where you got that piece of information. "Even though nobody likes it, most people can afford it and that seems to be the only real reason that private health insurance is so dominant." I agree with Randall. I just lost my job and now have no health insurance and was in a car accident and even with my 3rd party auto insurance paying my medical bills, the doctors want me to sign practically in blood that I will pay the balance of the bill if my auto insurance medical does not. I never even carried a co-pay balance with this physician and today I was treated like a total low life. The government controls practically everything, and yeah, it does screw things up. However, I would rather pay higher taxes to make sure we are ALL TAKEN CARE OF. I have a friend in Canada and I have visited her and have been with her to see her Dr. just to see, firsthand, how their medical system works and it is fine. Not perfect, but fine. Just like anything else.

And Jeff, I hate to tell you this, wake up and take a whiff of reality, but I really doubt that there are people out there who can afford healthcare but opt not to get it. That would be just insane and counter to their own interests, so I don’t know where you got that piece of information. “Even though nobody likes it, most people can afford it and that seems to be the only real reason that private health insurance is so dominant.”

]]> By: Jeff http://www.creditwithdrawal.com/wordpress/2008/02/26/the-social-stigma-of-no-health-insurance/comment-page-1/#comment-2282 Jeff Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:17:39 +0000 http://www.creditwithdrawal.com/2008/02/26/the-social-stigma-of-no-health-insurance/#comment-2282 As a health insurance agent myself, I feel torn between what we should have and what we have all gotten. Everyone deserves the best health treatment no matter what. Even though nobody likes it, most people can afford it and that seems to be the only real reason that private health insurance is so dominant. If the tables were turned, and most people couldn't afford some kind of health coverage, I believe we would see government sponsored health plans in a snap. Personally, I would like to see American do something more like what Canada and/or France is doing for their citizens. As a health insurance agent myself, I feel torn between what we should have and what we have all gotten. Everyone deserves the best health treatment no matter what. Even though nobody likes it, most people can afford it and that seems to be the only real reason that private health insurance is so dominant. If the tables were turned, and most people couldn’t afford some kind of health coverage, I believe we would see government sponsored health plans in a snap. Personally, I would like to see American do something more like what Canada and/or France is doing for their citizens.

]]> By: plonkee http://www.creditwithdrawal.com/wordpress/2008/02/26/the-social-stigma-of-no-health-insurance/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 plonkee Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:07:06 +0000 http://www.creditwithdrawal.com/2008/02/26/the-social-stigma-of-no-health-insurance/#comment-1248 Every other industrialised country has managed to find a more equitable solution. I'm sure you could manage to do the same if you put your minds to it. More equitable, does not have to mean government run, just as it doesn't in many countries. There's a reason why no one else does it your way, just as there's a reason that no one else has instituted a British style National Health System. <em><strong>plonkee's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PlonkeeMoney/~3/242057937/' rel="nofollow">reminder: saving is different to investing</a></strong></em> Every other industrialised country has managed to find a more equitable solution. I’m sure you could manage to do the same if you put your minds to it. More equitable, does not have to mean government run, just as it doesn’t in many countries.

There’s a reason why no one else does it your way, just as there’s a reason that no one else has instituted a British style National Health System.

plonkee’s last blog post..reminder: saving is different to investing

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