Originally Posted by BonzoAPD
I agree that people needing help to get on their feet should be helped. But what about those people who do not go looking for jobs, who stay at home and find that they can make as much doing nothing collecting welfare than they would make working for minimum wage and decide they would rather not work?
well there's that risk you take. Insurance fraud happens everyday. Should we do away with car insurance b/c of the people who abuse it by having their car wrecked or broken into just to collect the money? No.
Have we done away with welfare b/c of those people who you mentioned? No. and thank God..b/c my single mother of 4 relied on that when we were all growing up as she went from job to job.
So should we not consider giving people who need it, better healthcare just b/c of those few who will sit back and milk it to the last dime? No. Because if that were the case, i'd be ****ed right now and in over my head in Dr and hospital bills, thanks to my many medical conditions...as would a lot of people.
You're only thinking of the adults here who will abuse the opportunity. Think about the little kids for a minute who are from a broken family and are with a parent who is struggling and cant get a decent job with healthcare benefits.
Not everyone has or had it as easy as you and other people growing up. Not everyone was able to go to a nice college and get a nice job and have awesome health insurance like you and yours. So we're supposed to be punished because of those who don't want to even try and abuse the system..?