Thing that I do not understand
Sep. 23rd, 2009 01:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magidWhy is it that it's ok to require people to have health insurance, making them pay a penalty if they do not, yet paying for health insurance as part of taxes is so anathema?
I'd much prefer not to have to spend all the time and energy to figure out the arcane labyrinth of health care options (there's a reason I'm not an HR professional!). It seems like a much better plan to just cover everyone (all citizens, all taxpayers + dependents, whatever), which is less hassle (less paperwork = more people in the system actually giving health care), and gives the greatest pool of covered people (which is necessary for spreading out health care costs over enough people, anyway). Sure, let people buy better plans if they want, but it would be excellent if health coverage weren't a concern every time someone changed/lost a job. I just don't understand the objections. Is "socialized medicine" such a horrible scary phrase that people go directly to brain freeze, or is it that whole socialized = socialism = almost to communism = Teh Evil?
I'd much prefer not to have to spend all the time and energy to figure out the arcane labyrinth of health care options (there's a reason I'm not an HR professional!). It seems like a much better plan to just cover everyone (all citizens, all taxpayers + dependents, whatever), which is less hassle (less paperwork = more people in the system actually giving health care), and gives the greatest pool of covered people (which is necessary for spreading out health care costs over enough people, anyway). Sure, let people buy better plans if they want, but it would be excellent if health coverage weren't a concern every time someone changed/lost a job. I just don't understand the objections. Is "socialized medicine" such a horrible scary phrase that people go directly to brain freeze, or is it that whole socialized = socialism = almost to communism = Teh Evil?