A thought on what is going on.
On a more conservative place I was criticized as a leecher for supporting Obamacare.
The attitude of the person changed when I pointed out the facts: I had paid into the system for decades and involuntarily lost my coverage when my employer folded--and at that point the response of the individual market was "please feel free to reapply when you have a diagnosis." Since then I've only found 1099 work--no insurance. What was I supposed to have done differently??
While he understood my case was reasonable he felt that I was the exception--never mind the fact that most of the uninsurable population is like me, developed health problems and then lost their coverage involuntarily. (Note that there is also an uninsured population that simply doesn't want to pay for it even though they could.)
I think much of their lack of empathy stems from this sort of thought. When confronted with the facts they think it's an exception, not reality. They also tend to have seriously messed up views of what's needed (for example, a guy suggesting UHC that covers primary care docs only, no specialists) and what's available (for example, a guy who kept insisting that the ER would treat any patient, emergency or not. That despite being smacked around six ways from Sunday for holding that position.)
They are so determined that anything remotely resembling a handout is going to 99% leechers that the lack of empathy makes sense.
On a more conservative place I was criticized as a leecher for supporting Obamacare.
The attitude of the person changed when I pointed out the facts: I had paid into the system for decades and involuntarily lost my coverage when my employer folded--and at that point the response of the individual market was "please feel free to reapply when you have a diagnosis." Since then I've only found 1099 work--no insurance. What was I supposed to have done differently??
While he understood my case was reasonable he felt that I was the exception--never mind the fact that most of the uninsurable population is like me, developed health problems and then lost their coverage involuntarily. (Note that there is also an uninsured population that simply doesn't want to pay for it even though they could.)
I think much of their lack of empathy stems from this sort of thought. When confronted with the facts they think it's an exception, not reality. They also tend to have seriously messed up views of what's needed (for example, a guy suggesting UHC that covers primary care docs only, no specialists) and what's available (for example, a guy who kept insisting that the ER would treat any patient, emergency or not. That despite being smacked around six ways from Sunday for holding that position.)
They are so determined that anything remotely resembling a handout is going to 99% leechers that the lack of empathy makes sense.
