bimmylee said:
The more pertinent question is, "why should I be forced to help pay for your healthcare?" It's not that there's people who enjoy seeing others uninsured; it's that there's people who don't enjoy being forced to give away what they've earned to those who haven't earned it (which is the essence of socialism). As for government-run services.... screw 'em. Americans finally got tired of big government and rejected it when they signed the Declaration of Independence over 200 years ago. Socialism/tyranny seems to be back in action under a new guise, however, known as "liberalism." Now where's my torch and pitchfork?
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Giving preventative care and regular checkups to the whole population greatly benefits you. It saves many times the expense of emergency care (which you end up paying for in taxes or premiums anyway) when poorer people delay seeing doctors (or don't get cover at all) due to cost.
Healthy workforce => Better economy. Same reason we all pay for state education or state policing - because 100% coverage of the population is far more effective than 60% coverage and 40% emergency or no care, even considering the higher costs of the former.
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As if you don't already have big government? From an outside perspective, the US government is an employer of epic proportions.
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