Why do I do this?

I sometimes find comments on facebook that I feel need a little expansion/correction. This one is from today. (Names and most photos have been censored to protect the individuals' privacy)

Lisa Empey Hall (my mom) is having trouble paying medical bills because her preimum sucks to much money out of the paycheck. Somethings not quite right here.

7 hours ago · Comment · Like / Unlike

Unnamed
I'm waiting for a big bill from my hubby's two stents the past month..,one bill was 32,000.00 bucks don't know what my protion will be...thankful we met our deductable & out of pockect this year!

6 hours ago

Unnamed

Well, we soon could be going to socialized medicine, where you don't have to pay anything. Except sky high taxes. But, just remember, you get what you pay for. The taxes go to pay the administrators, and everyone else gets bubkes.

6 hours ago

Keith Hall

Actually, the only people who would be on the 'public option' (not socialized medicine, which sounds like everybody gets free prozac, viagra and percoset), called the National Health Insurance Exchange would become availible to everybody, but if you like your current plan you can keep it.
The catch is, yes, your tax dollars will be going into the NHIE even if you aren't in it. So while the new plan is supposed to foster competition, it makes private health care more expensive for everyone just by entering the market. That sucks.
The taxes do go to pay administrators, just like your premium does. Health insurance, be it from the state or from the private sector, is a lot of paperwork and administration. In the end, paying for health insurance sucks, which is why so many Americans don't have it.
Under the NHIE millions of people who cannot afford insurance will gain some sort of minimal coverage, and we're all paying for it.
The question we're all asking now is why this is a good idea. It's not a good idea for people who already have insurance, just for those who don't. The Dems wanted to do this for them. Aren't you mad at them? Don't we all believe that they're all just waiting for a handout? They don't work hard enough, do they? Maybe if they'd get off their butt and food stamps they could afford some health care. Maybe if they didn't drop out they would have gotten a job and a hc package, but no, they don't deserve it now. This is the land of opportunity---one opportunity. "You only get one shot do not miss this chance to blow this opportunity comes once in a lifetime," in the words of a great American. Those people who are denied coverage based on preexisting conditions should suck it up or make more money so they can afford coverage and treatment. ... Read More
Of 304m Americans, 40+m don't have coverage. That's
13%. Who's letting the minority have a say in this legislation? Doesn't the majority rule? Or in this case, the Haves? (pardon my Marx, I couldn't resist)
Whatever, it's gonna happen. And you know what makes me mad, we're raising taxes in a recession. What an idiot! This never would have happened if Mitt wouldn't have lost all those votes to an optimistic cutthroat anti-Mormon Mike Huckabee (what a schmuck).

6 hours ago · Delete

Keith Hall

Yes, I just did that.

6 hours ago · Delete

Lisa Empey Hall

Thanks alot Keith. This is what you education is doing to you. I am still not sorry that I complained that my health insurace sucks.

5 hours ago

Keith Hall

Rest assured that at least you aren't paying for my education

5 hours ago · Delete

Lisa Empey Hall

Well, I do pay tithing.

5 hours ago

Touche mother.