Giuliani: People Can't Afford Healthcare Because They Choose to Buy TVs, Cars, Phones Instead

Other people should not have to pay for your stupidity. Unless you are planning to win the Lotto, if you permanently cripple someone while driving and you have no insurance, then you will probably be thrust into poverty for the rest of your life after being sued for millions. Smart move, dimwit.

Pushing a population toward absolute economic minimalism is one of the reasons this recession is so severe. Over the last 30 years consumer goods have gone down dramatically relative to income while essentials for life, like housing and health care, have more than doubled. People can afford more consumer goods for the simple reason they are cheaper adjusting for inflation. Your perceptions are both misinformed and absurdly bizarre.

Whether you want insurance or not, others will end up bearing the your cost of the lack of it if you don't provide that care for yourself. Your excuse is the same used by people who don't want to pay for auto liability insurance. That same negligent reasoning of yours is why auto insurance had to be made mandatory in all states. People have to be insured against their own stupitdy if it has direct economic consequences on others.

Giuliani your so outta touch with what Americans are going through it's ridiculous.... and in that breath your saying make the product 7-8 thousand dollars a year and people will buy it.... WTF... that's 6-700 dollars a month!!! did you forget people have FOOD to eat... rent to pay... families to take care of... JESUS man .... most families will not bitch about a little extra tax when there paying those kinda outlandish premiums... fuck that noise Giuliani... speak for yourself

This corporate shill, mad man may be one of the most evil men in the world today.

Rufless, take for example someone making the median individual income in the US, $35000. $4K goes to taxes $15K will go to housing, so even if they buy an ordinary low deductible at 5-10K/ year, the average person will be bankrupt if the insurance decides to not insure for something.  Either that or the median wage-earner will have no money to save for their children's education after paying ordinary household expenses, like transport and food.

Rufless, your presumptions are mostly false. The poor do not waste money as you claim It is a statistical absurdity...do your homework. You are making claims that are completely unsubstantiated by facts. Most of those going into medical bankruptcy had insurance...it's called being underinsured. Most will never know it until it the bill arrives. There is no rational way to plan for it because the system is broken.