Impeding changes to our Health Care system

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

So what? The issue was government run, not whether it's free or not or socialist or not. The government runs VA, which is a health care provider.

My point is that it is not free. That is how she described it. Do you understand that? Where as Medicaid is free for the recipient, and if you have no insurance and need hospitalization or emergency care you still get it, even if you can't pay for it.

[sugarpop]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

My point is that it is not free. That is how she described it. Do you understand that? Where as Medicaid is free for the recipient, and if you have no insurance and need hospitalization or emergency care you still get it, even if you can't pay for it.

NO, THIS is how I described it... "Funny you would feel that way, after working in a government-run agency for so long, and receiving government-run health care. "

And are you saying that all people (and their family members) in the military actually PAY for their health care benefits?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by sugarpop

NO, THIS is how I described it... "Funny you would feel that way, after working in a government-run agency for so long, and receiving government-run health care. "

And are you saying that all people (and their family members) in the military actually PAY for their health care benefits?

No, the family members receive it as a benefit to the service member, who gets it for a time commitment under a contractual obligation with the government. Package deal. Given what many of them go through, I say it is a benefit well deserved.