Larry's Debate

[Xiahou Dun]

Hm, well, I don't have personal experience with healthcare in general aside from a lot of headaches with insurance covering my Methylphrenidate prescription medication for ADHD, which it seems that they NEVER cover it and the doctor has to keep finding affordable solutions to it. I live on the other side the U.S. (California), honestly. But I think NOT being insured or covered in terms of healthcare is much more costly in the long run. It's why our current system in the U.S. is so costly because of its highly inefficient method of dealing with healthcare, which is mostly on a private level, and the options for these plans, I believe, can be purely overwhelming. Single-payer universal government-run healthcare is an obvious solution that will streamline everything and make the doctors' lives easier, but many people, particularly the Republicans, oppose it for various reasons, some more inane than others, such as "it's socialism".

 

[Specific Neptune]

i think living beings are worth so much more than money

of course it really depends

if it was a bug, then i'd take the million

if it was a rabbit or a dog or something, that's where i draw the line

i'd still feel sad about the bug, but they live for about ten seconds anyway so whatever

I don't know, don't you have to kill and consume living things (unless they're grown in a lab) to survive, which would actually make living things more valuable than money without question? Plants and fungi are living things too. Unfortunately, living things also encompass the ugly things too like cancer cells, infections, e-coli, superbugs, specific mosquito species that have little known ecological role aside from spreading diseases, and even viruses if you count that.

oh was that what he meant? so like, essentially, should people have to pay for food or something like that? or is it something else? i don't think i'm understanding the question too well here :P

 

[Xiahou Dun]

I have no idea either, the question is so vague and obviously one-sided that I've already pointed out how terribly framed it is. It's like asking if you value good looks or this community/my life more.

 

[RandomYoshi]

Anyone who says that they don't want to pay higher taxes to help someone else get the health care treatment they deserve is a shame to any community whatsoever and is incredibly selfish.

Discuss.

 

[DragonFreak]

Ive seen this one conversation where this guy was complaining that his taxes might go to Obamacare where it will be "wasted" on a trans undergoing sex reassignment surgery. And a bunch of people agreed with him.

 

[Xiahou Ba]

Ive seen this one conversation where this guy was complaining that his taxes might go to Obamacare where it will be "wasted" on a trans undergoing sex reassignment surgery. And a bunch of people agreed with him.

that made me threw up

mentally of course

 

[Stargatedalek]

Reassignment isn't something life threatening so it shouldn't be covered by government health care, hormones maybe, but reassignment is hardly necessary to trans peoples mental or physical health.

 

[Xiahou Dun]

Ive seen this one conversation where this guy was complaining that his taxes might go to Obamacare where it will be "wasted" on a trans undergoing sex reassignment surgery. And a bunch of people agreed with him.

Budget, what's that!?

 

[Xiahou Ba]

Reassignment isn't something life threatening so it shouldn't be covered by government health care, hormones maybe, but reassignment is hardly necessary to trans peoples mental or physical health.

I'd argue that reassignment is necessary to the transperson's mental health, depending on the circumstances.

 

[Stargatedalek]

Reassignment isn't something life threatening so it shouldn't be covered by government health care, hormones maybe, but reassignment is hardly necessary to trans peoples mental or physical health.

I'd argue that reassignment is necessary to the transperson's mental health, depending on the circumstances.

Obviously it will mean more to some people than others, but I fig