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32. Yeah, how dare we take care of our fellow man!!!

Fri Jul 28, 2017, 06:54 PM

Jul 2017

I mean, really? Have we all forgotten the words of our Savior Jesus Christ, when he said "Fucketh the poor, for I shalt have mine, bitches."

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"Congratulations, the healthy people are paying for the sick people!" [View all] ck4829 Jul 2017 OP

+1,000 duncang Jul 2017 #6

I took it to mean they're talking about pre existing conditions maryellen99 Jul 2017 #9

"Should they be left to die in the car?" DBoon Jul 2017 #29

That's how insurance works, you hamhock! Aristus Jul 2017 #3

Who do you think you are, some kind of a doctor? Wounded Bear Jul 2017 #25

Fuck Fox & Friends!!!!! Initech Jul 2017 #4

Hey, PECKERHEADS, do you know how insurance WORKS? Warpy Jul 2017 #5

He needs to be asked what happens to young healthy people karynnj Jul 2017 #7

How many "healthy" people go in for their Phoenix61 Jul 2017 #11

They CAN'T be sick though, being sick is what the 'other' is ck4829 Jul 2017 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author mr_lebowski Jul 2017 #20

Or a car accident (which a young person is more likely to have, The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #19

Wait a minute..... Let's set this straight, defacto7 Jul 2017 #12

That's what insurance is: shared risk. Vinca Jul 2017 #14

I have paid for insurance for decades without being sick Skittles Jul 2017 #15

Is it possible to be that dumb treestar Jul 2017 #16

My reply (#13) might peer into the reason why they think this ck4829 Jul 2017 #17

Yes, like they think they could never be poor treestar Jul 2017 #18

Thats what insurance is, fuckwit. Warren DeMontague Jul 2017 #21

Haha ck4829 Jul 2017 #22

A lot of people seem to read the subject line and respond... Wounded Bear Jul 2017 #27

Republican issues with ACA xajj4791 Jul 2017 #23

Stupid. moondust Jul 2017 #24

Indeed. moondust Jul 2017 #30

Yeah, how dare we take care of our fellow man!!! NickB79 Jul 2017 #32

&the young pay for the old...that's how retirement & healthcare work Alice11111 Jul 2017 #33