I had an interesting thought the other
day. For the cowards that be, who have deemed it necessary that we all
get to live in something akin to the Wild West, what is the health
insurance breakdown for someone who falls victim to a mass shooting?
Since a mass shooting happens as
frequently as weather, I think it's a fair question to ask. There
was another one in Virginia on 5/31/2019 and I'm sure there will be
at least one more by the time I post this. Do the survivors run the
risk of losing their homes from medical bills because some dipshit
wanted to be entertained and express his freedom?
We live in a country that guarantees
the right to send someone to the hospital but does nothing for the
person that gets sent there because of it. I'm no genius but
something seems a bit askew with that math.
And given our shitty work protections,
I wouldn't be surprised if people have lost their jobs because they
had to spend time recovering from these incidents.
It's already been established that gun
manufacturers cannot be held accountable when one of their military
grade products is used to level a school full of children. The
shooters are rarely taken into custody and they aren't the most
affluent folks to begin with so recouping medical expenses from the
perpetrators is not realistic.
I have fairly decent health insurance
because at least my shitty day job is a shitty union day job and I
still have a $150 emergency room copay. Repairing the damage done by
bullets is not easy or cheap. Chances are most people would max out
their insurance within the first few hours of care, never mind
recovery, rehab and follow ups.
Especially in Pittsburgh where the two
major health care providers are also the two major health insurers. Both companies are so entrenched in their own bullshit that they're
going to stop accepting each others plans because of greed and the
desire to become a monopoly. Who gives a shit if people are going to
die because of it, there's money to be made so fuck the doomed.
If I get shot because some idiot
doesn't know how use their words to properly express their emotions,
I don't think the ambulance driver is going to ask to see my
insurance card while I'm bleeding out on a gurney. I'll end up at
the nearest hospital regardless of whether they're in network or not. Would they call me a cab to ship me off to a hospital that does
accept my insurance or would I have to take the bus?
If the hospital doesn't accept my
insurance am I then handed a bill for my treatment on my way out? There goes my house and my car because we all know how understanding
banks can be when you start to miss payments. Don't I have the
freedom to not fall into financial ruin and lose everything I own? I
guess not since somewhere along the line we all thought it would be a
good idea to live in a coast to coast killing field.
We are all at the mercy of someone not
losing their shit. If their shit is lost in your vicinity, you're on
your own. That's your fault for being in the wrong place at the
wrong time. In case of emergency, get your Go Fund Me page ready to
launch.
You would think that all these people
that are in favor of cutting a small child in half with an AR-15
would also be in favor of having a better healthcare system in order
to deal with the aftermath of their freedom. Especially when these
rugged individualists end up with the diabetes from jamming freedom
fries and Mountain Dew down their gullets.
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