Obama Health care plan.

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Lord Flashheart said:
You said
"Any hospital will help anyone who can pay for it. So that's not the point."
What about those that can't pay for it? I thought this was about providing health care to all including the 40 million (yes I got that from a RATM song so please correct me if it's wrong) that can't pay?

Usually, there are options to ensure that surgeries can be given to those that cannot afford them. I had an eye-saving surgery when I was 6 years old, and my parents could not afford it. A charitable organization stepped in and worked with the hospital to ensure that it would happen. The problem is that the 40 million can't get their $60 checkups when they get a cold.

Also one thing I don't understand is it sounds like from people on here that your employer provides the insurance policy and you have very little say on that. If you change jobs do you then have to change policy? can you go it alone and chose your own provider? and if you move state is your policy still valid?
What about if you are out of state and need treatment? How much of that is covered by your policy?

Your insurance policy changes if you change jobs. Heck, I've been at the same job and its changed twice simply because they got bought out. If you 'go it alone' you pay even higher prices than if a job sells/gives you the insurance. If you move, you cannot take your insurance with you. You can go out of state for *some* treatments, but that is rare. That is why we want these problems fixed.

It sounds very messed up and like you guys have very little say, choice, or control over your health care.
Sorry about all the questions. Don't answer if you don't want to I'm just curious and want to know more. Might help me understand the objections

There are a few ways to look at our healtcare. We do not have a lot of say or control in who provides the insurance. We're at a crappy medium to where we cannot choose, but our employers can, and even then, they have a crappy selection of choices. However, the treatments offered are the best in the world.