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You know I get to thinking the right has some sense and then this issue pops up again.

Pre existing conditions are covered in the US...they have been FOR YEARS..,...since at least the 1970 s. I thought y’all knew from birth there ain’t no free lunch? Yet here y’all are conversation going about who is going to pay for pre existing conditions...as if it is open for debate. It’s like asking who is going to pay for shoplifting at WalMart....EERYBODY knows that WalMart SHOPPERS pay for shoplifting.....but somehow y’all seem to think this does not apply to healthcare....it is truly astonishing that so many people, many very successful and obviously not stupid...can be so out of touch with reality on this issue.

I will attempt to explain, once again, something that all of you already know but refuse to accept. IF you pay for your own healthcare costs yourself you are also paying the costs for those who can’t or won’t pay....it’s really just that simple.....it is exactly the same thing as someone walk8ng out of Walmart with a pair of rustler jeans they either can’t or won’t pay for....everybody who DOES pay for rustler jeans makes up the loss....WalMart ain’t making it up out of their end....and neither are healthcare providers.

The difference is that healthcare providers are expected to provide without regard to ability to pay....when they don’t and are exposed they are vilified.....most will provide with no regard to ability to pay because they are healers...it’s what 5hey do....if you doubt this please, for the love of god, explain the HUGE medical debt collection industry.

So....a person has a pre existing condition...let’s say diabetes......they lose their health care for whatever reason.....and can’t or won’t afford a new policy that will cover their condition. In the GOP world, what happens? Because in the real world what happens is that person usually becomes a burden on the paying medical consumer ANYWAY.....they get treatment, they get discounted medication...and those of us who pay our bills are subsidizing that pair of rustler jeans. There ain’t no free lunch.....

So how do you prevent providers from forcing paying customers to subsidize the non paying customer? The most efficient way is to eliminate the number of non paying customers.....and there are a couple of ways to do this....offer them medical insurance they can afford, which will still be subsidized but to a smaller degree....or let them die as their choice has consequences. I know y’all like the latter idea and I feel you....the problem is that as a society we don’t have the stomachs for it...and providers particularly don’t have the stomach for it.....