30 year old decides not to buy health insurance

[Cuyo]

That 30 year old who decides not to buy health insurance ends up needing 6-months of hospitalization. Who should pay?

The hospital should bill him.

I realize the left has vested interests in the health insurance companies. After all the dems gave them a gigantic gift. That will ultimately be ruled unacceptable.

But there is no reason I should spend that type of money for years on end on the chance I might get sick.

Paid premiums far exceed any use I have gotten in 15 years. It simply is not cost effective.

What if he's dead? Then what?

 

[chanel]

You buy insurance to limit risk. If you want to gamble, you may lose. If my house burns down and I have no insurance, should the govt buy me a new house? After all, I do have children...

Personally, I think health ins. is as important as food and shelter. However, some folks don't, and if they want the risk, they should accept the consequences. The bill is his responsibility.

 

[Ernie S.]

I go for the option that the people who insist we have this shitty system and refuse to allow us to have a public option or universal care should pay for these people.

How about all you people that think tax payers should pay for everyone's health care set an example and foot the bill yourselves? Why are you so generous with other peoples' money?

 

[Cuyo]

You buy insurance to limit risk. If you want to gamble, you may lose. If my house burns down and I have no insurance, should the govt buy me a new house? After all, I do have children...

Personally, I think health ins. is as important as food and shelter. However, some folks don't, and if they want the risk, they should accept the consequences. The bill is his responsibility.

Again, what if he's dead?

 

[rightwinger]

Too bad we don't have mandatory health insurance

Then we wouldn't even have to discuss this

 

[Ernie S.]

Like everyone who tries to keep us in this mess so they can have more money.

I dont care who they are.

It's MY fucking money! My health care is MY responsibility, not yours.

 

[pete]

The 30 year old should form a corporation, run up as many bills as he wants and then declare bankruptcy

But not before he gets a hefty donation/loan from the government!

 

[Care4all]

the 30 year old will be billed, then he will declare bankruptcy....putting the cost back on to the individuals needing hospital care, who can pay...by raising the prices of the tests, doctor's visits, surgeries etc....the hospital tries to recoup.

 

[chanel]

Then the hospital is stuck. What if he lives?

 

[bripat9643]

That 30 year old who decides not to buy health insurance ends up needing 6-months of hospitalization. Who should pay?

[opens Republican playbook and flips to "Healthcare" section]

Oooh, I got it. A private charity should pay. And before you say what if there isn't one... 'Tort reform! Socialism! Constitution!'

...How'd I do?

Why would anyone start a charity for that when someone else is already forced to pay for it?

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The question is not who should pay but who will pay. And the answer is all of us who pay insurance premiums or otherwise access healthcare, as the hospital will pass on the cost of care for the 30-year-old to other consumers.

Can't sqeeze blood out of a stone, folks.

Actually it’s more like the old Fram oil filter commercial: you can pay now or pay later – later will be a lot more expensive, but everyone ends up paying regardless.

 

[pete]

Too bad we don't have mandatory health insurance

Then we wouldn't even have to discuss this

You wouldnt have to discuss it, but YOU would be paying the bill.

I know the answer, but will say it anyway. If insurance companies collect and make billions and its a gamble as they hope they will not need to pay out kind of like social security was planned. Then why ist it put to the insurance companies for payment?
If they collect more than they payout and there purpose is to protect us then ....

 

[rightwinger]

Then the hospital is stuck. What if he lives?

In reality, someone who spent six months in a coma is not going back to his well paying job. We will all end up paying through higher hospital bills.

That is why our healthcare system sucks

 

[rightwinger]

Too bad we don't have mandatory health insurance

Then we wouldn't even have to discuss this

You wouldnt have to discuss it, but YOU would be paying the bill.

I know the answer, but will say it anyway. If insurance companies collect and make billions and its a gamble as they hope they will not need to pay out kind of like social security was planned. Then why ist it put to the insurance companies for payment?
If they collect more than they payout and there purpose is to protect us then ....

Sure I will be paying the bill, just like now

 

[Full-Auto]

That 30 year old who decides not to buy health insurance ends up needing 6-months of hospitalization. Who should pay?

The hospital should bill him.

I realize the left has vested interests in the health insurance companies. After all the dems gave them a gigantic gift. That will ultimately be ruled unacceptable.

But there is no reason I should spend that type of money for years on end on the chance I might get sick.

Paid premiums far exceed any use I have gotten in 15 years. It simply is not cost effective.

Give it time, give it time

I went 30 years without seeing a doctor. I had one surgery.......$40,000

So you pissed away 30 years of premiums. thats the point.................

 

[Care4all]

the 30 year old will be billed, then he will declare bankruptcy....putting the cost back on to the individuals needing hospital care, who can pay...by raising the prices of the tests, doctor's visits, surgeries etc....the hospital tries to recoup.

oops...i forgot...first he will be transferred to a County hospital like Jackson Memorial in Miami... from the private hospital, if he does not have insurance....

 

[pete]

Too bad we don't have mandatory health insurance

Then we wouldn't even have to discuss this

You wouldnt have to discuss it, but YOU would be paying the bill.

I know the answer, but will say it anyway. If insurance companies collect and make billions and its a gamble as they hope they will not need to pay out kind of like social security was planned. Then why ist it put to the insurance companies for payment?
If they collect more than they payout and there purpose is to protect us then ....

Sure I will be paying the bill, just like now

OK ... so whats the difference? Why is the health care bill needed ... oh so they can CONTROL it and they do so good when they control things!!

 

[Care4all]

You wouldnt have to discuss it, but YOU would be paying the bill.

I know the answer, but will say it anyway. If insurance companies collect and make billions and its a gamble as they hope they will not need to pay out kind of like social security was planned. Then why ist it put to the insurance companies for payment?
If they collect more than they payout and there purpose is to protect us then ....

Sure I will be paying the bill, just like now

OK ... so whats the difference? Why is the health care bill needed ... oh so they can CONTROL it and they do so good when they control things!!

with the health care bill, he will be forced to buy insurance....so the 6 months cost will not come on down to you and me....?

 

[pete]

I recently ... 4 months ago caught my hand in a molder and got 3 fingers good including bone. I went to the emergency care as it was close by and after filling out a ton of forms was asked if I had insurance. I was the asked if it was good insurance and told good ... you will be ok and get to keep your fingers ... my friend and I looked at each other SHOCKED !! WTF
I have all digits and most use because I pay for my insurance if I didn't they would be gone.

 

[Seawytch]

If we had a single payer system like Medicare for all, the 30 year old would have been making regular doctor visits and might have been enrolled in a wellness program that would have granted him additional tax credits, and the reason he would have gone into a coma is detected early. A little bit of preventative maintenance saved his life and $. Win-win!