Impeding changes to our Health Care system

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

The only alternative to that is to let poor people die in the streets. Our current method is emergency rooms. At least under the new system, the poor will be able to get preventive care that way, rather than just catastrophic care.

That is not happening now and never has, so what makes you think that this Bill will fix something that is not broken? What makes you think that if given the opportunity that the poor will seek preventative care. They often don't take care of themselves now so how would this change? Not to say that some would not take advantage of some preventative care in the future, nor would this be a bad thing. Take for example smoking. Do you think there will suddenly be a rush on people taking smoking cessation classes? How about alcoholism among the poor? Do you think the poor who drink excessively or have other abuse problems will suddenly seek out a healthier lifestyle?