Reply #27: The fatal fallacy with this reasoning is what my stepdaughter said [View All]

[Cleita]

to me recently. She too didn't think that quality care could be had with a government system. So I asked her what she would do if she didn't have health insurance? But she said, between her husband and her they have good health care. Then I asked her what would she do if she got cancer? Well, her health insurance would pay for it. But what if she couldn't work anymore? Well she could opt for Cobra.

When I explained to her that she would have to pay for this out of her pocket, then she stopped, but she still didn't get it. Then I told her that her insurance would jack up the premium to the point it would be unaffordable to cover their expenses. But doesn't the government have some kind of insurance for people who can't afford it? Yes, I said to her, it's called medicaid, but that at first she would have to spend all her assets down to $2,000 before she could qualify. Then she said I can't worry about that right now.

So now do you see why we need single payer universal health care?