Originally Posted by jujubee2

The United States is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not have a universal health care system. I guess all those other countries are socialist, huh?

I don't get this personal responsibility jazz. If that were the case, none of us would have health insurance at all. You wouldn't have a plan. We'd all just pay out of pocket. Why do you make your employer pay part of your insurance? Pay it yourself, you good-for-nothing! The "I've got mine" attitude of the right wing nuts is stunning. They're all against government intervention until they're the ones left out in the cold.

I have excellent health care benefits through my employer, but what happens if they go out of business tomorrow? Too bad, so sad if I get hit by a truck, get cancer, or some other catastrophic illness for which I can't pay out of pocket? I should have been more responsible and not gotten cancer? I should have saved up a few hundred thousand to pay for my healthcare?