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- locustsloth0
Everything you are talking about Viking is an outlier. How many people didn't get a fair shake, just like your mom, but either didn't HAVE the $300/mo to pay or, even if they did, didn't get the consideration your mom thankfully did.
And it's awesome when communities come together and help their fellow members. But that doesn't happen everywhere. There are sparsely populated communities and poor communities and divided communities and communities full of people who just keep to themselves. Point is, it's not reliable, so people will inevitably suffer for no other reason than chance.
Ironically, universal health care is the very idea of a community (a national community) coming together and making sure that people who can't, despite every effort, afford their medical bills don't miss out on the care they need. And, yup, there are going to be people who try to get something they don't need and will cheat to get it. The folly is focusing on those who don't need it rather than those who do.And it's not our unwillingness to allow other opinions here that makes it impossible for you to 'debate'. It's the fact that nearly every post you've made devolves into ridiculous hyperbole and namecalling at the slightest, or absolutely no, provocation.
And it's not just those with your views that act that way. There are a lot of people with liberal views here who act JUST as childish as the people their railing against. It sucks and it's counter-productive.
If you actually want to have a debate, as you say, i suggest ignoring the insults and toning down your rhetoric. Also, considering another's opinions, researching some facts and making room for the possibility that you aren't always right. Hopefully that will thwart the knee-jerk reaction of belittling anyone who doesn't share your opinion