Sad day in the USA

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Thinking about how sad it is in the USA today that we provide free medical care for all these folks who have never worked a day in there life, but when it comes to the elderly who have worked everyday of their life can't even get their prescription medications or have to pay out large amounts just to get a little bit of medical coverage. Although the free medical care we provide to non working baby making machines, I call it the American Express Card that we provide to the folks who have never worked really isn't free you and I pay for their free medical care. I would rather pay for my parents medical care then for someone who comes in saying I don't have tylenol or motrin at home for my kids while pointing their newly put on fingernails or calling on their cell phones or having that pack of ciggs in their pockets, when my parents who have worked all their lives and should be living the best days of their life won't even turn on the air in their home because of the cost and not being able to afford medical care or medications!! If they had to pay a nice co-pay for non-emergancy visits to the ER then we could really see the people who really need emergancy care. Sorry just venting and wondering how everyone else feels about this sitution??

The really sad thing is that the majority of people who don't have insurance are people that get out of bed and go to work everyday. Many of them have two or three low paying jobs with no insurance. However, by the time they pay for food, clothing, housing and all the other necessities of life they are left with very little to cover health care. I take that back, it is not sad it is a tragedy.

That is why I went to school. So I wouldn't have to live that way. Anyone can go to school and better their life.

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rickkijo, I see that there is a Canadian flag after your name. Are you from Canada? Do you have experience with that health care system?

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It's annoying when people take advantage of the system, but it's more annoying hearing people whine and complain about how "their" money pays for it. It's tax money. It's not YOUR money. It goes towards a lot of different things, good and bad. If it wasn't going towards healthcare (for both those who "deserve" it and those who don't), it would be paying for something else. No need to take it so personally.

I respectfully disagree. It IS my money. If I did not work my tail off, they would not get it from me.

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I find it awfully sad when people who are one step above being in the poverty trap themselves find it necessary to blame the people one step below.

I find it sad when they don't realize what corporate welfare is and how much money from their taxes are going to rich corporations.

I find it sad when I'm sure the recipients of corporate welfare must be laughing at all the peasants fighting amongst themselves.

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That is why I went to school. So I wouldn't have to live that way. Anyone can go to school and better their life.

No, not "anyone" can go to school. Not everyone is capable of learning or performing well at that level. Even if everyone goes to college, someone's still got to scrub toilets, make minimum wage, and get hosed on healthcare.

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If there were more primary care providers, particularly primary care providers who accept Medicaid, there wouldn't be as many people who were forced into the ER for non-emergencies.

But, quite frankly, I'm a little sick of the classism in this forum. How do you know if these patients have never worked a day in their lives or what their situation is? It's not your job to judge them; give them their care like everyone else, keep calm, carry on. . .You might find yourself jobless someday and on public assistance with some snotty nurse turning their nose up at you.

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Honestly, it doesn't really bother me. There will always be people like that and they exist in every country in the world. There is nothing that I or anybody else can do about it. It would be wrong to deny them healthcare, just like it would be wrong to deny anybody healthcare. Most people want to work and better themselves as a matter of personal pride, including myself. So I'm not going to waste my energy getting worked up over the few freeloaders.

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If there were more primary care providers, particularly primary care providers who accept Medicaid, there wouldn't be as many people who were forced into the ER for non-emergencies.

But, quite frankly, I'm a little sick of the classism in this forum. How do you know if these patients have never worked a day in their lives or what their situation is? It's not your job to judge them; give them their care like everyone else, keep calm, carry on. . .You might find yourself jobless someday and on public assistance with some snotty nurse turning their nose up at you.

The whiners should spend some time in the free clinic I volunteered at a few months ago. There were patients there who would work 40 hours a week at Wendy's and barely have time to get to their job working 20 hours a week waitressing after the Wendy's job. Then they'd come into the once-weekly free clinic with either a nasty sinus infection that started just after last week's free clinic or right arm weakness of several days' duration, but they could not afford the doctor's visit. There were a whole lot of people who came in that clinic that worked harder and longer than those bellyaching about the "freeloaders."

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Honestly, it doesn't really bother me. There will always be people like that and they exist in every country in the world. There is nothing that I or anybody else can do about it. It would be wrong to deny them healthcare, just like it would be wrong to deny anybody healthcare. Most people want to work and better themselves as a matter of personal pride, including myself. So I'm not going to waste my energy getting worked up over the few freeloaders.

Right ON.

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It is also a "right" to eat, drink, and have a house. Should the gov provide that as well? It isn't good for a person to get too much for free. It ruins the desire to work and forms a feeling of entitlement. I am not saying that everyone being discussed on this thread in this category, but enough do that it is a problem. Those who are willing to do their part may need help, but not the freeloaders.

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It is also a "right" to eat, drink, and have a house.

Those are needs, not rights, and proper health is also a need.

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"A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away."

-- Barry Goldwater

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