I believe that our Social Security system is working reasonably well, and am glad we have it, although when it was being adopted many years ago, many complained about socialism/communism, etc, so this reaction from so many now to the affordable care act is not surprising. When companies like Wal-Mart, Mc Donalds, (and the list goes on) refuse to pay a decent wage despite taking in billions in profits like never before and then tell their employees to better budget their paltry wages to make ends meet and tell them how to obtain government aid, there is something fundamentally wrong. The rich no longer pay their fair share, including corporate taxes, through loopholes they obtained from lobbying elected officials in government that they support with campaign contributions. Not everyone who is poor is a freeloader unwilling to work. Sometimes life doesn't go the way we might like and health problems come up. I believe that if people work and pay into the system, just like Social Security, then there ought to be a basic safety net for them when medical issues arise as that would be preferable to treating them when it is too late in emergency rooms. Like Fc7_Plumcrazy, I don't mind paying more if I make more than a guy that isn't as well off, just so everyone can get basic healthcare. I do not see it as me getting screwed. I just count my blessings that I do not need the care. And I also feel that we are all in this together, and pointing fingers at each other and labeling others we really do not know, just divides our country and eventually destroys it. Compassion for others is important and the world is never so black and white as so many lately seem to view it.
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