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Originally Posted by George W. Bush
This makes me want to punch a hole in drywall.
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Uninsured people who use the system when they need care and then default on the bills that they have no ability to pay, sticking the rest of us with the bill through higher costs and federal subsidies just to keep hospitals running, make me want to punch a hole in the drywall.
People who think that just because they are generally healthy that they should be able to gamble on that fact, despite having no ability to pay for even a small emergency ($10k-$30k for a routine appendectomy, at least $3k for a broken leg, up to $100k for a complex break) knowing that they will have to declare bankruptcy and leave the rest of us with the bill are no better than the dumb shits who bought half-million dollar homes on $30k salaries.
If you're really at a super-low risk, you should be able to get good catastrophic coverage at a reasonable price. Failing to do that is just being irresponsible unless you have half a million in fairly liquid assets.