Why make insurance mandatory?
Here's the problem. People make bad decisions. They don't save for retirement or for a rainy day. They spend their money foolishly. This is not necessarily because they have poor moral character, but because they don't know any better. Then when they get into a bad situation, we feel that if we don't help them, we are being cruel/inhumane. So when disaster strikes, we jump in to help, even if that means we individually or as a society suffer. So we end up paying for other people's bad decisions. To do what is best for humanity in the long run, we have two choices as I see it:
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Setting fair health insurance premiums
I propose a ratemaking bureau for health insurance...
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My Healthcare Policy Proposal
By Leighton Weese, independent talking head
I suggest a healthcare policy that combines mandatory health savings accounts for regular preventive care, mandatory high-deductible insurance that covers unexpected large health expenses, and welfare payments to cover these mandates for people that can't afford them.
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"Man vs. God" WSJ article: my response
Karen Armstrong (former Catholic nun): "In the past, many [religious] thinkers understood "God" [as] a symbol whose existence cannot be proved. St Augustine (354-430) insisted a biblical text contradict[ing] reputable science must be interpreted allegorically. [Reason] enabled function, but could not assuage grief or find ultimate meaning [like] stories [with] no pretensions to historical accuracy."
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Why pro-lifers should be thankful for Roe V. Wade
I saw the following message in a discussion forum online. I too, am pro-life, and found this perspective enlightening. I hope you do too.
Pro-lifers should be thankful for Roe V Wade. Roe V Wade allows abortion clinics to be in the public eye, instead of in secret. While in the public eye, abortion clinics can be used as means for education and abortion prevention.
Pro-lifers can try to convince a person to not abort a child. They can provide additional choices for keeping a child - like adoption. With Roe V Wade, abortion clinics can be monitored by the US government and controlled by some procedural guidelines.
If Roe V Wade is overturned, abortion clinics will go underground.
Leighton Weese
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