If 51% of the voters in the United States of America want to force 100% of the taxpayers to pay for everybody else’s pre-existing medical conditions, then I guess there is nothing we can do about it in this progressive republic. But for crying out loud, just don’t call it insurance. Democrats are supposedly smarter than Republicans; okay, so can you at least use words like insurance correctly? If it is not really insurance, then the intellectual elite of this country should not call it insurance. Can we at least agree that the word insurance is a well established word with a definition in every well respected American dictionary, and insurance is not synonymous with welfare? lol “This ain’t rocket science folks.”
If highly intelligent Democrats think that covering pre-existing conditions is a role for insurance, then I suppose the next thing we will see the highly intelligent Democrats trying to pass through congress is new life insurance coverage for people who are already dead? lol It sounds absurd, but it is not any more absurd than new health insurance coverage for people who are already sick. Maybe it is a good idea to get the government to force tax payers to pay a bunch of money to people who have seen a family member die in the past. But don’t call it insurance, especially if you are a member of the political party that claims to be smarter than Sarah Palin and George W. Bush.
Also, If I had a pre-existing condition which made me ineligible for INSURANCE coverage and I had to pay all of my medical expenses out of pocket, I would NOT want the government to force other people to pay my medical bills, because in my mind that is just as bad as somebody sticking a gun to my neighbor’s head and forcing him/her to pay my medical bills. In my mind that is unethical; in my mind that is a horrible abuse of government force. If I needed help and was not able to pay for it myself, and I did not have any family or friends who could loan me the money, I would go around to all of the churches and beg strangers for help until I found some strangers who were willing to VOLUNTEER to help me. If I was not able to find anyone to VOLUNTEER to help me, then I would take that as a sign from God that maybe I was not supposed to receive that medical procedure. Here’s a news flash for you: I’m going to die someday regardless, and my greatest reward is waiting for me in Heaven. I believe in liberty rights, but I do not believe in welfare rights. There is an excellent chapter in my engineering ethics book that discusses this topic. The title of the chapter is, “Moral Frameworks”
