| badgenome said: The problem with that is that the name of the game in insurance is assessing risk, and while I feel badly for anyone who has a pre existing condition that is no fault of his own, I don't think turning the entire concept of health insurance on its head was wise, nor is it a real solution even though it is politically popular. No one would seriously advocate homeowner's insurance to offer coverage for a house that is already on fire because it's unfair to discriminate against someone with a pre existing condition, but because of the emotional reaction that a medical condition evokes, we're willing to pretend that it's viable to do just that with people. Now that health insurance is just a giant, fucked up, for-profit welfare scheme, it's hard for me to see how fewer people are going to end up suffering as a result of this. Then again, I don't think the third party payer system works anyway, so maybe it's just a matter of going to hell sooner rather than later. I work in pharmacology, mostly behavioral. I'm just a lowly lab tech, though. |
Health is a basic human right. As a society we have a duty to care for the sick, not to let them whither away and die. What harm did a child born with muscular dystrophy do that he doesn't deserve the same treatment as any other child.
There are plenty of business's that the government should not touch, but basic human care should never be a for profit business. There is a reason why our healthcare system is the most expensive in the world but we lag far behind most countries when it comes to major health indicators.
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