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Old 04-18-2009, 09:22 PM   #346
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Originally Posted by Laz116 View Post
Wow... that's just horrible imo. Over the matter of a life span you will be gaming the system with that attitude.

One thing is to reject insurance, government health care and so forth. An entirely different thing is to exploit a system which is build on the foundation that we all pay a median as insurance so that we don't have to sell our houses if we get a costly disease. What you do is maximising your advantage at the cost of everyone else. All the people out there paying insurance all their lives pay a higher median because you only insure yourself when the probability of having to use the insurance is high.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that is just completely unacceptable in a democratic society. You are a consumer, not at citizen.
You should read to the end of the thread before responding. This has already been said.
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