Impeding changes to our Health Care system

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

That is not happening now and never has,

I am assuming that "that" refers to "let poor people die in the streets".

Yes, we don't do that now. Like I said, it is the only alternative to having people with money subsidize the healthcare of people without. Our current method is emergency rooms, which is the most ineficient way to do it.

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.

You refute yourself immediately. Saves me the trouble.

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?

Where are you going with this? Poor people won't use preventive healthcare even if they can afford it? Some will, some won't. My guess is that lots of parents will, for their children if not for themselves.