Michael Hebert argues no:
Is it acceptable to allow people to choose to be without health insurance? I say no. There are too many common, potentially devastating medical illnesses lurking out there. If Cindy were to find a lump her breast, for example, she would probably lose her job and her health, go bankrupt, and eventually, after prolonged suffering, end up on Medicaid. She would also, with her pre-existing condition, be uninsurable for the rest of her life. It should not be the public’s job to pick up the pieces when an individual takes a risk and loses out. While one Cindy is a small risk for a society to take, a million of them is a serious risk, and one the public has a right to weigh in on.
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Anon 3:09.. you make no sense. It cannot cost MORE to prevent these common disease sthan the treatments required for the full blown disease. Maybe for some individual ones in the SHORT term, but not overall. And as more drugs become cheaper and generic, the benefit will only rise.
STOP creating more problems for primary care doctors with the craziness and ludicrous staements.
“It cannot cost MORE to prevent these common disease sthan the treatments required for the full blown disease.”
Sure it can, especially if you need to treat 100 people for years to prevent 1 case of serious disease.
Of course you guys are looking at $$$. Just what cost do you place on a life saved?
Michael Rack ,with all due respect, if someone gets admnitted to the hospital because they didnt take their lasix, wouldnt you agree that a three or four day hospitalization is more expensive in the long run??? Or when they finally have that MI??? Or the DKA that goes to the ICU for a few days? It ain’t even close.
I have different topic to discuss about – We always come across lots of patients who do not pay for their services provided by doctor. If those pt needs to be seen again -can doctor refuse to see them atleast until old charges paid? Thanks
Dr.X
So what do you think about government subsidized birth-control pills. The college kids are up in arms about paying more for contraception! I say the taxpayer should not have to subsidize recreational sex! S.Jaques
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