Are you saying anything which is not a disease should not be covered by health insurance? Then there should be NO preventative health care, period.
...and that's a waste, teaspoon of prevention and pound of cure, and all that.
> It's a condition that happens from sex and is perfectly natural.
And high blood pressure can happen from consensual diet and exercise life choices. And when these life choices lead to your organs failing, this too is entirely "natural".
> I mean exactly what abnormal means. Deviation from normal.
Well, then you have to define "normal".
> Are you talking Obamacare?
No. I am talking about the whole theory and practice of Government Subsidized Employer Purchased Medical Insurance. You think employers offer these plans out of the goodness of their heart? These plans exist because of massive federal subsidies. It is and has been a way for the Federal Government to make health care more affordable, without being accused of being "socialist".
> as we've never had nationalized healthcare.
By replacement, I did not mean to imply that the one replaced the other, but that the one is offered in lieu of the other. There are powerful forces pushing for nationalized health care in every modern nation. The U.S. has controlled and somewhat placated those demands by subsidizing health insurance.
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Date: 4/3/12 22:47 (UTC)Are you saying anything which is not a disease should not be covered by health insurance? Then there should be NO preventative health care, period.
...and that's a waste, teaspoon of prevention and pound of cure, and all that.
> It's a condition that happens from sex and is perfectly natural.
And high blood pressure can happen from consensual diet and exercise life choices. And when these life choices lead to your organs failing, this too is entirely "natural".
> I mean exactly what abnormal means. Deviation from normal.
Well, then you have to define "normal".
> Are you talking Obamacare?
No. I am talking about the whole theory and practice of Government Subsidized Employer Purchased Medical Insurance. You think employers offer these plans out of the goodness of their heart? These plans exist because of massive federal subsidies. It is and has been a way for the Federal Government to make health care more affordable, without being accused of being "socialist".
> as we've never had nationalized healthcare.
By replacement, I did not mean to imply that the one replaced the other, but that the one is offered in lieu of the other. There are powerful forces pushing for nationalized health care in every modern nation. The U.S. has controlled and somewhat placated those demands by subsidizing health insurance.