tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post95271402729534186..comments2023-09-16T04:58:07.261-04:00Comments on the Annandale Blog: Cuccinelli defends Virginia's suit against health reform at event in AnnandaleAnnandale Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543558586252790593noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-19436303510769001862010-10-13T15:35:58.521-04:002010-10-13T15:35:58.521-04:00Young people stay healthy because statistically th...Young people stay healthy because statistically they are less likely to get medical issues that require a lot of care. They are more likely to get sent to the hospital for a car accident than cancer. There are studies that show that yearly checkups for people that don't have chronic health problems, especially young people, are a waste of money and health resources. Additionally, it would be cheaper for a young person to pay out of pocket for these checkups than to pay for health care premiums. From the time I was 15 till I turned 30, I probably visited the doctor a half dozen times and the hospital once. I feel safe in saying that the insurance companies made out on that deal.<br /><br />But more importantly, it is none of yours or the governments business if I have health insurance or not. I don't have a fear of healthcare reform. I do have a fear of the government thinking it can do a better job at making healthcare decisions for me than I can. There are other ways to solve this problem than stealing the money of people to pay for insurance that many don't need or want.<br /><br />Interestingly, when I was on an HMO plan and going to the doctor was virtually "free" for me, I went often, even though in retrospect, most of my visits were not really needed. Any ache, any pain, I was there because it did not cost me anything. Was that a good use of resources? Obviously not. The more something appears free, the more we will use it. The further we remove the cost of medical care from people, the more problems we will have with obtaining the best use of our limited medical resources. Or as I learned in econ, there is no free lunch.<br /><br />And finally, in a time when jobs are scarce and unemployment is high, it take some moxie to call someone who can directly help fix this a "greedy pig". Wow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-28553534590777409582010-10-13T01:30:46.399-04:002010-10-13T01:30:46.399-04:00What sort Tea Party of idiocy is this? Young peopl...What sort Tea Party of idiocy is this? Young people don't need health exams???? That's how they stay healthy, exams to check! And having non insured people in the ER drives up the bill for the insured! More insurance spreads the risk. Take an economics class!<br /><br /> The travesty is that some greedy pig could start a business without insuring the people that make him money. And that Virginians could elect a fool like Cuccinelli. How bizarre it is that the primary potential beneficiaries of healthcare reform have a paranoid fear of it! <br /><br />There's that "socialism" boogeyman again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-72850969464314728432010-10-12T23:13:15.334-04:002010-10-12T23:13:15.334-04:00Anon said - "Having young healthy people insu...Anon said - "Having young healthy people insured will mean that they get regular health exams and they won't wait till they are really sick and go to the emergency room, where their bills are paid by all taxpayers."<br /><br />Healthy young people don't need regular health exams and, by definition, are healthy and won't need to go to the ER (except for actual emergencies for which the ER is designed for). In any case, it is up to young healthy people to decide for themselves whether they should buy insurance, not the government. It is a travesty that the gov is forcing anybody to buy insurance. "spread out the insurance risk" is another way of saying forced separation of the earned income from the hard-working people that earned it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-48801733384650324742010-10-10T00:54:42.228-04:002010-10-10T00:54:42.228-04:00Mr Cuccinelli likes history. He better think twice...Mr Cuccinelli likes history. He better think twice about his place in history. His name will go down in the books with other opposition, with those who opposed ending slavery 150 years ago and those who opposed integration 50 years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-79690020561156767262010-10-09T22:06:57.235-04:002010-10-09T22:06:57.235-04:00Having young healthy people insured will mean that...Having young healthy people insured will mean that they get regular health exams and they won't wait till they are really sick and go to the emergency room, where their bills are paid by all taxpayers. It will spread out the insurance risk by incorporating healthy young people into the system who are paying premiums. It is difficult to tell if Cuccinelli is merely a moron or if he is a mindless tool of the big insurance companies. I lean toward the former opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-43878791941100822162010-10-08T10:49:37.470-04:002010-10-08T10:49:37.470-04:00We're in the middle of one of the worst econom...We're in the middle of one of the worst economic downturns in our history and this asswipe is conducting a witchhunt with our tax money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com