[Apologetics] YOUNG PHYSICIAN'S VIEW ON HEALTHCARE REFORM

[Stuart D. Gathman]

On Sun, 14 Mar 2010, Dianne Dawson wrote:

> >  I contend that our nation's "health care crisis" is  not the result
> >of a shortage of quality hospitals, doctors or  nurses. Rather, it is the
> >result of a "crisis of culture",  a culture in which it is perfectly
> >acceptable to spend money on  luxuries and vices while refusing to take care
> >of one's self or, heaven forbid, purchase health insurance.  It is a culture
> >based in the irresponsible credo that "I can do whatever I want to because
> >someone else will always take care of me". Once you fix this culture crisis"
> >that rewards irresponsibility and dependency, you'll be amazed at how
> >quickly our nation's health care difficulties will disappear. 

Individual health *insurance* (as opposed to HMOs) plus HSA funding
costs about as much as running an economy car.  Family insurance
costs about as much as running (buy/maintain/insure/fuel) a luxury car.
Any individual who can afford a car, but not health insurance, simply
has different priorities.

That said, there are people who have no money for car, luxuries, or
health insurance.

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	      Stuart D. Gathman <stuart at bmsi.com>
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