FrozNlite Wrote:Keeping an open-mind and ignoring any kind of negative stigma's attached to his films, I really think you should see Michael Moore's Sicko. It will really make you think about how healthcare is executed in this country as compared to the rest of the developed world. Oh, and Cuba, which also has universal health care.
Might give it a download someday if I'm bored.
FrozNlite Wrote:And @ the bolded section: the only thing that's certain in life is life's uncertainties. That's the reason you're forced to buy auto insurance when applying for a driver's license. So you can't find a virus or a bacterium or some environmental mutagen at fault in a court of a law to get the funds necessary for the damage they cause to you. It's imperative you still have some means of protecting yourself, and if you catch something a lot worse than a cold and need extensive medical treatment while unemployed and uninsured, you can pretty much kiss your life goodbye.
Whatever happens, happens. The world is overpopulated anyway. I'm actually hoping I die sometime before 50, because I don't want to be an old hag. Electronic sellers give you an option for insurance when you purchase them, but I usually turn those down. Sometimes your electronic does just die on you, but if that happens then I'll deal with it myself. If I got insurance for everything that would cover uncertainties, it would add up to quite a pretty penny.
FrozNlite Wrote:And I don't know about you, but if little Suzie ended up becoming the woman who develops a cure for cancer that cures a form you develop, Spidey, I'm sure you'd be grateful at saving her life earlier.
The first part implies that you don't know about how I'd feel and you're talking about if you were in my shoes. Unfortunately, I realize that the probability of such a coincidence is pretty low, and if this did happen I wouldn't even know that I helped save her anyway so it'd all be the same to me. I would be taking a double gamble. The first would be the probability that someone who's developing something that important would be in dire need of this health care, because that assumes their family isn't wealthy enough for her to live through whatever she has. The second would be the chances that this person develops the cure for something I might get in the future. Certainly not worth the investment for me. If anything, I find the chances of that happening being much lower than me needing dire medical assistance any time soon.
If I was hit by something, I'd go with the flow. As I said, I'm hoping I die somewhere before 50 anyway. Maybe in my mid 40's or so. That's not to say I plan on committing suicide (I assure you, I've no intention of doing so), but it would be nice if I died of some natural cause around the time where life starts slowing down.
But I'm content with whatever comes my way. The point is that I don't really care about my own health care, so why would I care about funding the health care of complete strangers?