Leeroynaggins, what would your opinion have been if the defect had been determined prior to the child’s birth and the mother had gone to Dr. Tiller to get an abortion? Would that have been better than denying the kid a lifesaving operation?
Funny thing is that, while the Republicans absolutely abjure the former i.e. abortion, they condone the latter i.e. denial of health coverage. Thereby, condemning this kid to a life of unmitigated suffering from the day of his birth.
They should have said “NO” to the operation and just let the kid die…
No abortions…
But once you have the kid… FUCK YOU!!
You’re on your own!!!
Yep
But insurance companies have hearts of gold. We can’t have the Obamacare bossing them around and telling them they can’t discriminate against babies.
That’s Nazi Communist Socialism!
Hands off my healthcare!!!
Two words for you: Single Payer.
Ugh! My DD had this same CHD. Since my son was born in the States, I was so grateful that we moved back to Canada and didn’t have to worry about this! (And all our surgery and post-operative care is paid for!)
Hopefully all the loop holes of this reform will be exploited before 2014 and someone just makes UniversalHealthCare the same year they decide to do it instead of waiting years and enjoy watching these health insurance co try and keep up with non-profit healthcare. It would be Justice and gratification. I have a feeling that the right wing will blame democrats when these stories get more popular.”This happened after democrats signed the Reform and never before. Democrats fault not Health insura”
@tothemax01
“The subjects don’t have to buy if they don’t want to.”
Because money is the focus and not ‘living equality’, all manner of means has been created to manipulate people in directions they would not choose under normal circumstances.
Yes, the art of selling is deception. Just make sure the thing you are selling benefits all as one as equal.
Sick, sick, sick, sick…
@DesteniPoliticsAus The subjects don’t have to buy it if they don’t want to. But they do. And the insurance companies provide because it earns them money. Because of this system, we have insurance.
@Socrates469399 There is no bucket. That is not how wealth works. Wealth is produced, it is not assigned, and when people seek to assign it, it dies (proven). Printed money is worthless, mere paper, if it does not represent something. Only when men use it as their principle trade medium, does it have value. A $10 note can be worth a loaf of bread or a grain of rice, depending on the production of the nation. And It doesn’t matter if people have more than you, only what you have made for yourself
What we need is less of companies and more of government health.
Insurance giants are not human, they speak only for the money and the humans are the systems that operate the money. Distanced from the subjects by only seeing the money.
So you would let a child die if it would cost you money to save him?!
How about free health care for all like Europe?
This is ridiculous, and very sad.
The poor kid’s pre-existing condition is that he was born in America, where the insurance lobby has so much clout that insurance companies aren’t afraid to say “we wont cover your child if it effects our bottom line.” Where are the pro-lifers??!! Apparently they’d rather gun-down doctors than insurance executives.
It may take time for you to realize this, but our government is a barrier to your prosperity. They don’t care about you. They look down on you. Bill Gates’ company employs 90,000 people. We need more of him and less of government. I f you really want to get to the core of the problem, it is the Federal Reserve Bank. watch?v=pC8I3J-1GSM
@TheGriot2008 Yes absolutely correct!!!
@LawyerScumGhost and then that then puts a strain on large overpowered companies because with no demand how can you keep in buisness, and in turn the economy will suffer and lose millions of jobs, then we will be worse than what we wanted. Thats why policy has to change, the way it works has to change so we can prevent that.
@LawyerScumGhost If Bill gates gave .1% of his money to help pay for free medical care, contribute to putting a homeless man in a home and giving him a job it would go alot further than if i and 100,000 people like me gave their whole checks up (and im not putting it on him because he gives more than alot of people its just an example). But the problem lies within supply and demand. If everybody was happy and had everything needed to suvive there would be a less demand.
@LawyerScumGhost And even if the government kept that measily $160 they take out of my check it still wouldnt be enough by myself. We have to change the way policy is thats the true roots of this. Because you shouldnt put money before any human being. the same way you shouldnt put it before a child. And the top 1% has the money to take care of all of us. but im not asking for everything thing they have.
@LawyerScumGhost but the point being you and I as indivduals will never have the money to pay for this by ourselves. I make $10 an hour and i work fulltime and sometimes i work more for free and i voulunteer work at a shelter, and i dont make enough to keep myself alive and keep them alive too. but if we all pitched in including the top 1% of us we could make this happen.
In fact, of particular interest to me would be the question of what this family’s position was on the Health Care reform bill. Let’s find out if over the last 14 months of deliberations, these guys ever supported the teabagers or condemned “Obama’s socialism”.