If you get wasted, you are partly responsible if you get raped.

There you go again, hurling insults. You don't know me so don't judge me by saying I "lack empathy". Cradle to grave...the entitlement mentality. Could that be your way of thinking?

I'm not aware of your age, but I can recall when Medicare and "The War On Poverty" began in the '60's. FYI, nothing has changed for the better! People are still in poverty if not due to illness or impairment, but due to the hands outstretched while popping out one kid after another, or due to not having drive to do better, or just plain lazy! The Earned Income Tax Credit is yet another boondoggle. Do you know there are some who have calculated to the last penney how much they can earn in order to stay qualified for the EITC?

Since I detested the Medicare boondoggle to the nth degree, I did not want to sign up for it. It's wrought with fraud and pays diddly squat! I don't recall anyone being denied healthcare due to their finances before Medicare. If we were short on funds the good doctor would let us pay it out. Now you can't get past the front desk. I had doctors who for a fact charged Medicare a different fee (higher) than those who paid cash or had different insurance.

You speak how great Medicaid is. Do you know anyone who has Medicaid? I do and the service is horrible. For one thing there aren't enough doctors (if any choose to take patients) to care for those on Medicaid. If you want to see a good example of how great Medicaid expansion would be, look no further than the VA!

Do you realize the ER's are still full because the Obamacare premiums are too high or the deductible can't be met?
Obamacare also affected those who are still working. Sure they may have employer based insurance but yet again the deductibles are astronomical. I know a person with skin cancer who is paying out of pocket until the $4000 deductible is met! I've never had to meet such a high deductible while working. The Obamacare mandates are costing loss of jobs...why go over 49 employees? The mandates are asinine! Why should I pay for maternity? Then there are the employers who provided benefits, but due to the mandates it's either lay people off or in order to stay in business no longer provide the benefits.

I recall years ago someone stated to the effect of "Every time the government does something, it costs me. They take from my pocket to put into another's pocket." The government is holding a virtual gun to our heads and demanding more. Instead of your neighbor knocking on your door demanding you pay his medical bills, you permit the government to knock and do the demanding.

Today's news is reporting more insurance companies are pulling out of states leaving thousands uninsured. Many of those had employer based health insurance which was dropped due to Obamacare.

Obamacare...it's a wonderful thing...if you can get it, pay for it, locate a doctor, etc., etc.