Ron Paul Doesn't Provide Health Insurance For Employees. Now One is Dead.

Ron Paul's campaign manager, Kent Snyder, was not provided with health insurance by his employer. (That would be Ron Paul) Snyder was hospitalized two months ago due to pneumonia and ran up $400,000 in hospital bills. Then he died.

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Did the straight staffers not care?

He died for Ron Paul's sins people!

lOl, I was wondering that as well.

Really? People are debating this?

ALSO: FTR, is there a way you can make it so you don't have to start an account to post on your blog? Several times I was going to write something then moved on 'cause I don't want to start an account.

No health insurance for his employees eh? That is so Ron Paul. Ultra-libertarianism! After all, isn't health care just welfare for your immune system?

Maybe Ron tried to buy them insurance, but the insurance companies wouldn't accept RP-dollahs.

I wonder if they rushed him to the hospital in a medevac blimp.

Indeed.

atlas shrugged

I liked the part that said:

From the original source.

is no one shocked and outraged by $200k/mo hospital charges?!

For the fuckin Flu, no less.

You're supposed to come to the libertarian conclusion that health care is only that expensive because of regulation, welfare, mandated subsidized care, and insurance, and that it will be more expensive if insurance is mandated.

::edit:: oh yeah, and illegal immigrants.

and to think i once respected you...

The source article is pretty terrible in its premise. Health insurance would have paid the bills (presumably,) but what has that got to do with the quality of the care Snyder received, or his stewardship of his own health?

Health insurance is not a right, and nor should it be thought as one. Snyder chose not to purchase health insurance; why should anyone care, apart from the ones he's closest to? He was arguably being irresponsible to his family. But to suggest Paul was being irresponsible, or cheap, or whatever, is wrong.

I think anyone who can afford health insurance is kind of crazy not to, but I hardly think we should force people to buy insurance, nor do I think we should force others to pay for it.

Screw Ayn Rand, by the way. Her version of libertarian thought is not my cup of tea... she was far too impressed with powerful people, and cared not at all about average folks.

No, they need to feel the liberating freedom of leaving their families enormously in debt after they die of illness. Is not man entitled to the sweat of, uh, getting completely extorted by the medical community.

Yes, I can see how Libretardiism is all about caring about average folks. As long as they completely fend for themselves.

^^^ SMA< since you have me on ignore (how convenient) per your comment in my blog, that is according to your opinion. It's a shame that the world has yet to understand the nature of what I am referring to in my post...In fact, I invite you to take this discussion to that board. I noticed you hadn't sounded off there, yet...

I've had you on ignore for months. I'm sure lots of people do. You should be used to it by now.

I don't know, but to me reasonable access to health care seems like it would be the primary way to ensure ones right to life...

Reasonable access yes, however seeing as how any healthcare plan we come up with now will somehow be an enforced payment to an insurance company who may or may not actually pay out your claim, I'll stick with the system we have now.

Which is not to say that I don't think people should be denied healthcare, I just do not believe that the plans as they exist now in this country for universal healthcare are sound.

This post doesn't belong here. If someone has you on ignore, please just accept it. There's no reason why your personal issue should be taken to a thread that is completely unrelated to it.

I am not picking on you; I just don't see how this belongs here. If you would like to contribute to the discussion, great. If you are just thread-stalking, that's probably not kosher (and against the TOS).

If SMA doesn't want to continue a conversation with you for whatever reason, it's best to just let it go. I am sure you have a number of other people with which you can interact on this site.

You know it is still possible for a person to do good in this world without the government compelling them to do so..... With guns.