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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is anyone the target?![/quote]

But what about the the unaffordable cost of health care and claims that get denied?[/quote]

People except too much.  Sorry, but they do. As a population we are over treated and over medicated.  It’s not sustainable. I’m 40 and I honestly can’t think of a single female friend that isn’t on an SSRI, anti anxiety, or stimulant med.  75% of the population had eaten their way into diabetes, being overweight or obesity. Now we need an expensive drug to fix it because no one wants to eat less.  Women want to wait to have kids into their mid 30s and 40s use IVF. People used to have kids in their 20s or just accept kids weren’t in the cards if it didn’t happen naturally.  Not anymore. I don’t think our problem is healthcare, it’s our expectations. People want to live until 100 and have every single aliment and discomfort alleviated. Getting sick and dying is part of life. Curing and fixing everything on everyone, every time, at all ages (or using up tons of resources trying)  is not sustainable [/quote]

Well the fact so much of the population is obese, can’t afford to have kids until their fertility is declining, and need psych meds to function, evidences some societal failures that we aren’t going to “personal responsibility” our way out of. And unsurprisingly the hormone disrupters in the products we use, unhealthy changes to our food supply, and lack of family supports (e.g. paid parental leave) are brought to us courtesy of companies trying to increase their shareholder value.

Also, your post complete ignores the fact that anyone can become disabled or have an expensive accident that causes significant medical bills. Someone is going to have a baby in the NICU. Someone is going to have a bad fall. Someone is going to get cancer despite a healthy diet and working out. Someone is going to need medication to manage their health conditions. Insurance companies are supposed to be there for this when this happens after paying all our premiums.

We could absolutely have better coverage if we spent money on patients instead of allowing year over year record profits.[/quote]

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