Limbaugh: "Pre-existing condition coverage is not insurance. It's welfare."

[Dakine10 5,452]

The sign of a good ER is a rate sheet prominently displayed at the reception desk.

Not something I've ever seen in an ER.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

It is however a need. Not a "want/desire", as you seem to believe.

health care is no more a need than a television is....

I know that's hard to grasp ahold of in this entitlement based society, but it's an ultimate want/desire to prolong your life.

[^_^ 5,021]

Not something I've ever seen in an ER.

Wow!

[Jenn! 918]

health care is no more a need than a television is....

I know that's hard to grasp ahold of in this entitlement based society, but it's an ultimate want/desire to prolong your life.

I think by your definition then, there is no such thing as a need, correct?

[^_^ 5,021]

I think by your definition then, there is no such thing as a need, correct?

Check-mate.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

The sign of a good ER is a rate sheet prominently displayed at the reception desk.

So you can decide whether an appendectomy at that location is worth it or whether you should shop around?

[The_Dude 1,142]

Check-mate.

TO see the rest of this inane argument and line of reasoning, please view an assortment of Marc Levin and John Stossel videos available on youtube.

[^_^ 5,021]

So you can decide whether an appendectomy at that location is worth it or whether you should shop around?

Or so I can decide whether I'd rather live or pass that amount of money on. Rate sheets are key to an individual being able to make the right choice with his or her money.

[SMOKE 1,426]

So you can decide whether an appendectomy at that location is worth it or whether you should shop around?

i'm fairly sure it was a joke.

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

I think by your definition then, there is no such thing as a need, correct?

There are 3 basic needs:

1) Eat

2) Breath

3) Evacuate Waste

If you can accomplish these 3 then you alive.

There are 3 basic rights:

1) Life, accomplished by the above listed needs.

2) Liberty, freedom to steer your future so long as it doesn't take from someone else.

3) Pursuit of Happiness, which is no promise of successfully obtaining it.

[^_^ 5,021]

There are 3 basic needs:

1) Eat

2) Breath

3) Evacuate Waste

Those are wants, not needs. You could always just die. It's your choice. You choose to live, why should I have to pay for your choice? Go die already.

[Dakine10 5,452]

Health Care is a SERVICE. Something that people do for a living. It's not a right. You're not entitled to make someone do something for you. If you want it to be a 'right' you need to learn to heal yourself then, because that's the only way it is.

then you worked at a jacked up hospital.... Everywhere I've been, in both states I have lived in, pricing was really easy to obtain....

Then there's a lot of "jacked up hospitals" out there. Like I said, for simple things they can tell you the price.

But there's no way they will give you the price of something like major surgery ahead of time. They don't even know how much it will cost until they are done.

I'm sure if I go in to work tomorrow if I ask the first 20 medical staff members I see the price of a random procedure, they couldn't even give a ballpark figure.

Edited November 9, 2010 by Dakine10

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Or so I can decide whether I'd rather live or pass that amount of money on. Rate sheets are key to an individual being able to make the right choice with his or her money.

What if it's a 9 yr. old with appendix that is about to rupture? Leave the decision up to the parents?

[Obama 2012 1,714]

I think by your definition then, there is no such thing as a need, correct?

a 'need' is feeling presented when a lack of something is present.

A 'need' by its own definition is more for a lack of better words, an ultimate want/desire...

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

Those are wants, not needs. You could always just die. It's your choice. You choose to live, why should I have to pay for your choice? Go die already.

I pay for my own food.

The air I breath is free and unrestricted (where I live)

And finally, I have no choice but to evacuate waste as it will eventually overpower me and "self evacuate" at the most embarrassing time if I don't!