Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on ""Policy Wonk" Paul Ryan Doesn't Understand How Insurance Works" video.

Around 70% of fire fighters are volunteer and some areas have a private fire department. Also, Paul Ryan is right.
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Individuals invest in insurance companies so if something extreme happens they get coverage. Insurance companies do pool the money but if you are constantly using insurance for asinine things that you can pay for out of pocket, or for services you don't need at all, you deserve to have it raised. But with insurance I am paying money into it and if I get hurt they pay for my bill. Now whether it is from my money I spent or from others' money is in question. For example, my at 30 can get severely hurt, now the system is no longer "the young paying for the old". It is I had an accident so they pay. I can have insurance for 60 years and never use it, but I can't get that money back. In the end Paul Ryan is correct and TYT is correct to a point. As a whole the issue is much more complicated though. But, comparing this to the fire department is really asinine which is my main problem with the original comment. The fire department is 1. ran and funded locally 2. around 70% of fire fighters are volunteer
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Police are locally ran and funded as well, same with education. The comparison is poor as in some areas they have limited resources in some way meaning that they have less. For example, in my hometown we have limited people thus we only teach spanish and french as foreign language electives where much larger schools in cities can teach german, japanese and other languages. Also, on insurance, it is only for people who can afford it, and the companies do make a profit to hire more workers. So the issue is much more complicated than what TYT and the original poster is making it our to be. But of course I wouldn't expect ultra liberals to fully understand complex issues.
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The county sheriff is still local. The FBI and ICE are unconstitutional in my opinion. Even at that the FBI, CIA and ICE can't enforce state or local law. No we don't have a commuter railroad, we have a bus service that people paid for to use. It is private. K-12 education is ran and funded at the state and local level. States set up their own curriculum and laws. I have a really hard time what you are trying to do here? Are you just trying to show me you ignorance on government programs in the US?
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Estivel, the fact that it is local does make a difference. At the local level you can micromanage those programs better to where they save money and actually serve the public.
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Edward, the bus service in my city is funded privately, period. Also it being local means that they can micromanage it better to where 1. it is more cost efficient 2. it serves the people wants You can tell that the more local government is. When you go from local to state and then state to federal you lose that ability to control government and having it cater to you and your community.
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State troopers typically stick to the freeway system and enforce those laws. A state trooper is not going to respond to a domestic disturbance unless really needed to. " what eveyone is telling you and what you are not getting is that we have plenty of examples to show why people paying into a pool to recieve healthcare is not so far fetched when there are so many examples of things we collectively pay into that benefit us as a society" Healthcare is much more complex. With healthcare we already lack doctors, nurses, surgeons, researchers, equipment, etc. that requires advanced skills and technology. What job is harder to train for and obtain? Being a cop or being a surgeon? That is why it is a poor comparison. " we spend close to 600 billion on our military " Which is around 3% of our GDP. We spend more, in terms of percent GDP, on education. Healthcare accounts for 1/6 of our GDP. ". is it really that far fetched to ask OUR government to do something that benefits US as a whole? " I feel defense spending is benefiting us. " we have so many examples of why it would work. " You have yet to give me one.
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Educate more? Like it is that easy. Ever tried to get into medical school? It is not easy. Also, how do you set up a priority system? What do you base it off of? Why should I wait for care while some bum gets it instead? And we do lack doctors, nurses, surgeons, researchers, etc. I work in the research field and we have so much we can study but no one to do it. I can work 16 hours a day and get things done and have no life. And you can benefit while I suffer. Let me ask you, what do you do for a living?
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"guy who isn't aware that we spend too much money for simple shit in the military" We spend around 3% of our GDP on defense which is comparable to the rest of the world.
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But can people handle the stress of med school? That is the issue. "Do you think I value a "bum" less than you? A person being a "bum" is irrelevant." It is highly relevant. I actually produce and produce a lot. I put myself in a position to get priority in healthcare to where I don't have to be put on some arbitrary waiting list set by the government. "I wonder if the problem for you really is universal healthcare per se, or if you just hate the thought of "bums" receiving healthcare that YOU think they are not deserving of." Nope, I just hate the idea of implementing a system that does not improve on what we already have. I am a doctorate student. I teach physic lab and do research on biological systems to measure structure and dynamics of them. My research is being looked at by the medical field for medicinal research.
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1. Nothing wrong with a surplus of doctors. There will never be a push to reduce that number. 2. What you do for a living is relevant. You want others to provide healthcare while you do nothing. It is easy to tell others what to do while you do nothing.
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1. What do you base that off of? 2. Is this supposed to be a rebuttal? Fact is that people pushing for single payer are not doing anything to help the cause. They do not work in the healthcare field in any way nor do they earn a large income to donate to help the cause. The are moochers in society. How many of those moochers are also obese and unhealthy? Medicine is difficult, you clearly never worked in it.
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Steve Martin, what you said is how liberals act. Remember how Bernie Sanders treated that small business owner? If you can't pay for healthcare for your employees than screw you. That is how liberals act.
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Steve Martin, if you can't afford the higher taxes than liberals won't care. If you can't get a job because businesses have to pay higher taxes than liberals won't care. If you have to move back in with your parents because of higher taxes than liberals won't care. To liberals they don't care what happens as long as they get universal healthcare. It is like the min. wage. When they increased it and businesses had to shut down and some people lost their jobs they did not care.
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It is Bernie Sanders fault. Bernie owns three homes but has the audacity to tell a small business owner that she can't create more jobs. But Bernie doesn't care, he owns three homes.
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We have a lot of liberal policies in the US.
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randman21, Bernie owns three homes. That is a fact. And yes, he said that she can't create jobs because she can't afford to pay for healthcare insurance. And define "take care of her employees". They wanted a job and she gave them one, that is where the issue ends.
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