Health Care Debate - Santa Fe, NM

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Alberto G wrote:

I don't want government deciding for me.

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Alberto G wrote:

I don't want government deciding for me.

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Peskime wrote:

I am a self employed artist with a small child. My husband and I do have health insurance for our family but our rate goes up exponentially each year and because of that we have become one of the millions of the under insured.
We are healthy and relatively young and we want a robust public option!

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Dave S wrote:

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I am a self employed professional with a wife and four dependent children. I purchase health insurance with a high deductible to protect us from catastrophic illness and accidental disasters. I do not expect my insurance company nor the government to pay for runny noses or sore throats, I pay for those treatments. My insurance provides me coverage at ANY HOSPITAL, ANY DOCTOR, ANYWHERE in the WORLD. I do not want it tampered with and I do not want to support others unwilling to support themselves. If everyone approached health insurance as I do, everyone would be able to afford insurance.
Look at it this way, if you were to make a claim to your automobile insurance company everytime you got a scratch, a dent, a dead battery, a flat tire or a spilled coke in the backseat.... your insurance would be cancelled... and for good reason.
Health insurance was originally designed to respond in the event of catastrophic loss, not for every little sticker that gets stepped on. Nowadays people even want insurance to pay for wellness and checkups under the guise that it ultimately will save money. What they really mean is they want someone else to pay for them.