My neigbor complains constantly about his lack of health insurance?

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jakeb

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But he does have 2 boats, nice car, pickup truck (gas guzzler), large flat TV, laptop, dsl, atv, recent home remodel, Central AC, rec room with pool table and stocked bar, dinner out every week, riding mower (I push mine). Is it wrong for me to not want to pay for his health insurance? I have no problem helping the needy, and I often do through charities.
 
Your neighbor, like most (not all, before we're deluged with sob stories about how unfair life is) who have no health insurance, has a problem with his priorities. His familie's welfare comes before beer.
 
Yes, I have an acquaintance like that. She complains about not having health insurance, yet refuses to go get a real job and lives primarily on her husband's income and what little she earns doing cash jobs. Their children are grown and out of the home, so there's no excuse about child care and neither of them has a chronic or pre-existing condition. Meanwhile, they're paying $700/month for her car and $500/month for her husband's car. During football season they'll have at least 15-20 people at their house every weekend and spend a minimum of $250 on food/snacks, drink mixers and beer. She's pretty vocal in bragging about how much she spends for these things as well. That's just the tip of the iceberg on their spending. Yet they somehow can't afford a $600/month insurance premium. If everyone that could trim their personal budget to pay for coverage did, we'd see a significantly reduced number of uninsured people in the US.
 
You should in no way feel bad about not wanting to contribute to his healthcare 'dilemma'. What your neighbor exhibits is a lack of properly setting his personal priorities.
Your neighbor has obviously succumbed to the temptations of seeing other peoples wealth redistributed. (Just as an aside: Ask him if he agrees with the quote: "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." If he/she does, tell them they are a Marxist).
What you earn via your job or other pursuits is YOUR personal liberty (i.e. salary, material possessions, benefits, etc). For someone to demand the government take from you and give to him based on his perceived needs is morally reprehensible, but a common theme today. Educate your neighbor, ask him where this demand for enititlements ends? Ask him why are you morally obligated to give him something he/she could have if they just prioritized their needs?
 
It's everywhere.

I know people who don't go to the dentist because their employer doesn't offer dental insurance. YOU'D THINK they would either pay for the $75 6 month cleaning out of pocket or AT LEAST brush/floss often, right?

NO.... they got so much TARTAR on their teeth, it is OBVIOUS they don't floss or take any effort to care for themselves.

We live in an age where people are raised to live with their hands out. An age of losers....
 
he has his priorities mixed up, as do most of Americans who want socialized medicine.

the federal government was set up for infrastructure and national security, not welfare and healthcare.
 
I do not believe you about this. But even if it's true, perhaps he is in the huge pool that the insurance industry has deemed "uninsurable." I recommend that you take this up with the insurance industry.

I don't think anyone is saying we don't have a problem. I think the issue is the "fix." Liberals want to take over the whole system. I think the government should first look to the least invasive fix, and I think the insurance industry is the first place I would look. Why are they creating so many uninsureds and uninsurables? And why is this administration thinking that handing the insurance companies even more power (by requiring us to buy insurance) will fix anything?
 
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