Ever wonder what would happen if everyone would just refuse

[Skidmore]

to pay insurance premiums or medical bills. Just stop. Completely. What would happen if we all refused to fork over another cent until prices came down and/or insurance companies changed their practices and premium? What would happen if we quit putting our trust in the idea that someone in this industry will do the right thing by us? Will we die in larger numbers? Maybe. But if nothing changes that will happen anyway. We would be better served by banding together and finding sympathetic doctors and healthcare professionals interested in practicing good medicine and giving priority to those who most need the care. And then we could drop a whole congress.

I know it sounds draconian, but I'm finding myself wondering if we would do better by helping each other directly. Never hurts to think outside the box.

[villager]

1. or credit cards. I wonder that *all the time*, yet so far, the idea of taking back one's power

seems to terrify people, at least collectively...

[pipi_k]

8. Well, I think the concept of taking back one's power might be different for some

Mine, for example, is that for years my credit sucked. Big time. I lived from paycheck to paycheck trying to make ends meet while driving a shitty car (one after the other) that used up a lot of my income having to fix it because my credit sucked and I couldn't afford a vehicle that didn't keep breaking down every other week.

It was a hole I couldn't get out of.

Now my credit is good. Better than good, actually.

And that was taking back MY "power". I've been on the other side of it and don't ever (EVER) want to go back again. So I guess I'm a "traitor" of sorts....

Oh well

:shrug:

[Louisiana1976]

9. You're lucky to have been able to do that--not everybody can due to income limitations.

[drm604]

2. The problem is that many people can't live without healthcare.

A boycott would be suicidal for many.

[Barack_America]

6. Those people should absolutely stay on.

Not only to get the care they need, but to fuck the insurance companies profit margins.

[ZombieHorde]

3. The Government would take the money from our paychecks and give it the insurance companies. nt

[FiveGoodMen]

5. Yes, they would.

Hillary suggested as much during her campaign!

[phantom power]

4. Although there are some good reasons not to do that...

I would be willing to bet that is one reason the Insurance industry is working so hard to establish mandatory insurance requirements.

For example, there are many people who are discovering that their insurance companies are blowing them off, even though they had insurance. From there, it's a pretty damned short leap to saying "fuck it, if I'm not getting covered, I'm at least keeping my insurance premiums and using the money for something else."

[Tippy]

7. Your statement is right on.....n/t

[Lydia Leftcoast]

10. Or they're realizing how many thousands of dollars they have paid in

over the years and how much health care they could have bought with it.