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I'm amazed sometimes the things people say here. The idea of withholding medical care based on citizenship comes very close the criteria for evil, with the draw
by throwaway5752 9y ago
I'm amazed sometimes the things people say here. The idea of withholding medical care based on citizenship comes very close the criteria for evil, with the drawback that it's largely incorrect, too (non-citizen residents, legal and illegal pay taxes at many levels of government for far less in return comparably than citizens).
- ythn 9y agoWhat is the maximum amount we should spend to save a human? A million? A billion? Should society absorb any cost to save a human even if it gets exponentially more expensive with each subsequent procedure? Or should there be a cutoff where you are basically told "Sorry, you've exceeded the threshold and have to either pay for it yourself or die"
- dv_dt 9y agoIt would seem that the cost of being stingy here is that the medical care system is more expensive for less performance in the US. Cut off your nose to spite your face exemplified.
- ryanobjc 9y agoThis is a non-sequitur, and not related to the original topic which was: Should non-citizens be disallowed from receiving ER care without paying for it themselves? Additionally, we already had that system in place, it was called "lifetime limits" and it was typically $1-2m on the best healthcare plans.
- fav_collector 9y agoIt's not withholding health care. It's withholding American tax money from being used for people who are not Americans. They're free to pay for health care for themselves.
- halfteatree 9y agoI'm not a citizen. I come here legally. I pay my taxes. I pay for my insurance. This is not the minority case by the way, all your H1b colleagues as well as F1/J1 students are like this. Should we still die because we're not American citizens? I'm amazed sometimes the things people say here.