but nothing in reagan's law would have required any hospital to perform the operation, correct?so would someone with my wife's condition but no insurance have gotten the surgery?lol. you're claiming that reagan guaranteed healthcare.my wife recently had a corrective hip surgery that allows her to continue in her employment. what part of reagan's law would have made sure she got that?
1. My best to the little lady.....especially since she has to put up with you.
2. Now....did you send thank you notes to all of your neighbors who paid for the surgery?
a. Or....had you paid for insurance that took care of the costs, as most of us do.
had we not had insurance would reagan's law have guaranteed the necessary but not life-saving procedure?
"lol. you're claiming that reagan guaranteed healthcare."
I am.
And he did.
And it's President Reagan to you.
Of course.
Here's one way:
I was in Lancaster, Pa. a while ago, and the local paper explained how the Amish, who eschew healthcare insurance, either make deals with the local hospitals and pay cash...the same rates that the government gets, or are involved in medical tourism...and fly to Mexico for health related issues.
Their choice....medical tourism over medical totalitarianism.
And another:
- Private charitable giving is also at the heart and soul of public discourse in our democracy. It makes possible our great think tanks, whether left, right or center. Name a great issue of public debate today: climate change, the role of government in health care, school choice, stem cell research, same-sex marriage. On all these issues, private philanthropy enriches debate by enabling organizations with diverse viewpoints to articulate and spread their message.
- We usually hear about charity in the media when there is a terrible disaster. For example, after Hurricane Katrina, we heard about the incredible outpouring of private generosity that amounted to $6 billion. What gets less attention is that Americans routinely give that much to charity every week. Last year Americans gave $300 billion to charity. To put this into perspective, that is almost twice what we spent on consumer electronics equipment—equipment including cell phones, iPods and DVD players. Americans gave three times as much to charity last year as we spent on gambling and ten times as much as we spent on professional sports. America is by far the most charitable country in the world. There is no other country that comes close.
https://www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis/archive/issue.asp?year=2010&month=01
so without insurance she would have gone without health care