Don't Copy Europe's Mistakes: Less Government Is the Right Way to Fix Healthcare

The ones who "never afford it" are those that abuse the system and they have a psychological condition that takes longer to resolve than the physical one. But these are a small minority of the people on welfare because let's face it, who in their right mind would like to live that way unless they are a bit confused, to put it mildly! They will not pull themselves up from their bootstraps. To help them resolve their problem would require a long-term investment of resources from social services.

So when you go to get medical care either your government (your taxes) pays for the costs or you pay directly from your pocket. If it's the latter, who pays for the people who have no money?

Before we had our prepaid medical care system, the poor usually could afford most care. If not, they were treated for free at churches(who had their own hospitals and clinics too), or even other clinics. Like I said, I don't want to create the incentive for people "who can't afford it" to never afford it. I believe everybody can have a good life and living in the market, given if you give them the chance and not do what we did in the 60's and 70's or what Sweden has.

A great many people are retarded then, but I'm not saying that ER's are full only because of this phenomenon.

She's not a lobbyist and not all lobbyists are rent-seekers. Stop using the terms as if it were a synonym.

Holy shit does people believe what those lying lobbyists such as her actually say? The state of the US citizens' intelligence is indeed depressing.

true i agree i feel like i'm living in a sort of big brother hell,now they've cum up with a new tax,you bang your girlfriend/wife more than twice a week "they" will increase your taxbill by 7.9 %,ain't that cute?

There are no inseruance companys in iceland

No i dont pay anything for inserunace

You are probably already paying more than 4% through the insurance premiums and your taxes. The hospitals are for-profit organizations so they pass on the losses to the paying customers (or indirectly to the insurance companies).
Moreover patients that cannot afford regular preventive visits to their doctor will aggravate their illness and in the long run will be faced with a more expensive serious condition and at the emergency.