Obama's Health Care Overhaul: Your Opinions

[Linus]

Originally Posted by casey35

I may not have the right for this opinion but this is mine. I personally dont think that we the tax payers should have to pay for others insurance. If you dont have insurance which i dont then it should be your responsablity to get some.

So what happens when you get hurt in an accident (fell off a ladder say because your foot slipped), have no job and have been out of work for 9+ months and insurance costs $600 a month (as it does in parts of NYC)? Why is it wrong to be compassionate and caring for one another, even if we are strangers to each other?