[pianotech] FW: Medical costs (OT!) was:billing dilemma

[Dean May]

David you are leaving quite a few factors out of the equation. Broken legs
are relatively easy to fix, but the system you support mandates that i have
to go to the most expensive fixer out there, the orthopedic surgeon. Any
medical tech who has been around a few years in an orthopedic environment
can fix most of them, but I can't use them.
 
Put the gun away. I'm not threatening you. Stop threatening me for
disagreeing with you. 
 

Dean

Dean W May                (812) 235-5272

PianoRebuilders.com    (888) DEAN-MAY

Terre Haute IN 47802

 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of David Love
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 3:46 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] FW: Medical costs (OT!) was:billing dilemma


Sorry, not the same. You can choose not to buy a car but you can't choose to
not live in a body in which things go wrong in a country in which you expect
that someone will fix your broken leg even if you don't have enough money.
Affordable health insurance is all about economies of scale and costs and
expectations of humanity are such that sometimes you have to legislate
personal responsibility or at least contributions. Hey, I never needed a
tank to protect my backyard why should I contribute any part of my taxes to
defense or once my kids are out of school why should a pay the portion of
property taxes that contribute to education. Sometimes the social contract
trumps your personal interpretation of what you think you do or don't need.
It's a bit late to return to the wild frontier. 



David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com

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From: Rob McCall <rob at mccallpiano.com> 
Sender: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 12:15:19 -0700
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
ReplyTo: pianotech at ptg.org 
Subject: Re: [pianotech] FW: Medical costs (OT!) was:billing dilemma

Huge difference, David. Auto insurance is mandated by each individual state,
NOT the federal government.  Secondly, I can choose not to participate in
the auto insurance mandate by simply not owning a car or not driving. I can
take public transportation to get around.  I'm only compelled to pay if I
actually participate.  Mandated health insurance gives me no such option.  I
pay whether I want to or not. If the federal government can force you to buy
a product they think you should own, then what's next?  Everyone has to buy
a GM car or face an Auto Tax?  I mean they do have to make their money back
on their investment... 

Rob McCall

On Nov 03, 2010, at 07:25 , David Love wrote:


The discussion has become somewhat misdirected.  The point I was trying to
make is that the incurred costs that the uninsured often end up not paying
are born by someone.  The argument for mandated health insurance is not a
lot different than mandated auto insurance.  


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