rachaelthinksbeesareokay wrote:
See, here is the problem with America and why Republicans think the way they do. (Get out your brooms because I am about to make a sweeping generalization.)

Your parents, McKenna, along with most other people who oppose a nationalized healthcare plan, know/think they're rich enough to afford the best healthcare money can buy, so it doesn't affect them. The issue is that the rest of us -- the POOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY WILLING TO ADMIT THEY'RE POOR -- are still fucking screwed. If we could just get all the faux-riche 30K millionaires to issue themselves a reality check, there wouldn't even be an argument here.

Well, the root problem of America are people who think they're entitled to something for nothing.

People won't pay a $120 premium for healthcare, but have no problem paying that much for a gym membership. Some stroll into county hospital ER's all the damn time with non-emergency situations because the ER is their primary care physician. These are the same people who leave that county hospital in Hummers and BMW's and have never even heard of what Medicaid is. Where are the priorities? I don't think poor people are necessarily screwed. You can walk into a county facility and still be treated. Then you can ignore the medical bills that follow, and let others pick up the tab with their taxes and premium increases. If you ask me, it's the law abiding tax paying middle class that gets screwed.