Post by raindancer on Aug 13, 2014 22:46:05 GMT
in the same way that I do here. A friend posted The price I'll gladly pay... and while I get where the author is coming from her argument is so flawed that I could barely stand to read it. Then I realized that it's the peas fault. So I came here instead.
This article is so flawed!
This part bugged me the most though:
The analogy is just wrong. When you go you are charged for those things, as a paid for service. If you don't pay, someone does. It's not "free for all" in the US. It's not a tax payer supported system, and it's not required. You can not go to the doctor all you like, people do it all the time. Now I don't want to argue about health care and our system, because that's a whole other ball of of wax. But I can't stand this type of straw man argument. Especially since I agree with her in premise and wish she made a strong and valid argument instead.
This article is so flawed!
This part bugged me the most though:
The analogy is just wrong. When you go you are charged for those things, as a paid for service. If you don't pay, someone does. It's not "free for all" in the US. It's not a tax payer supported system, and it's not required. You can not go to the doctor all you like, people do it all the time. Now I don't want to argue about health care and our system, because that's a whole other ball of of wax. But I can't stand this type of straw man argument. Especially since I agree with her in premise and wish she made a strong and valid argument instead.
So, let me get this straight -- someone who is teaching our future leaders, doctors, lawyers, bankers, basically anyone who will be living for the next 50 years, is having to pay money to do his or her job? What if you went to the hospital and you needed, say, a shot? You pay for the syringe, medicine, alcohol pads, and the materials needed for the nurse and physician to do their job. If they told you that either a) you needed to pay a supply fee for the syringe, medicine, alcohol pads and the materials needed to perform this job or b) you had to bring the supplies, you would probably either pay the fee, or bring the supplies so that the nurse and physician could do their jobs
