I'm not downplaying insurance. I think it's one of the best things ever. What does that have to do with healthcare? I don't see how my taxes, paying for an immigrant woman, who doesn't have a job, get sugery on her leg becuase her abusive husband pushed her down the stairs, helps this nation in anyway.
Sure, my family got lucky, but you really think we had a huge array of jobs my parents could work for? Considering A. My mom spoke very little english (arabic) B. We had no legal papers C. Everything our family owned fit into 2 suitcases (lack of nice clothing). Sure, it takes luck, but why give money to people who don't even try to find a job. If they don't get rid of these, they need major reforms.
I had asma when I was younger, before we had health insurance. My parents had to pay for medical bills and prescription drugs paycheck after paycheck. Sure, it was hard, but not impossible. Just because helathcare doesn't pay for your medical expenses, doesn't mean that's the only way to take care of the payments.
My parents are smart enough to get health insurance, my brother gets free health insurance thru his work, (Costco) which paid for the removal of a sist he had (allowing him to pay far much less for the surgery), and I get free health insurance thru the company I work for, (Jackson Emc, for any of you Gwinnett/Duluth residents of the forums)But I guess because my family managed their money well, they should be penelized by paying for other's bills.
Sorry for how jumbled this post is, I was trying to go back and cover all points, tell me if I missed something.
Edit: Luck did play a large role, but that doesn't explain why we are where we are now. Initiative played a much larger role.