Socialized medicine or insurance is the reason why they don't have the money to insure themselves.
They sound healthy, your sister doesn't. They pay through the roof because government got involved into healthcare well over 50 years ago and the cost indexes have bloomed like an algae moat.... which anything government regulated and/or managed always eventually does.
Dropping words or phrases like, "non-profit organization", or "corporate" does a huge disservice to the reality of the facts at hand.
Your sister is a risk, and instead of reducing the costs of such a risk through open market, you've invited the big government/soon to be nationalized bail out contractors in to not only make 500.00 USD toilet seats instead of compete within the market and drive down prices for essential services, you've introduced real corruption... the dirtiest of all spores.
You may think you're doing your family a compassionate service by rooting for the Federal Team, but you're actually enslaving them and the rest of us in tyranny.
Go, you!
All votes without activism are wasted votes, particularly in the modern electoral process.
In fact, activism and education are far more important than the vote itself.
I had the opportunity to vote, with numerous legal hurdles, and instead chose to donate in a manner which might educate 3 or more of me to the concepts of true liberty.
In the context of rigged voting machines, brother Governors, multi Zsar-Israeli dual nationality incidents plus the questions of Obama's validity... cold hard cash parted is the strongest and purest action one can take.
We ultimately have to live with our consciences.
I sleep well.
Fair enough....
When I'm not so exhausted that I can't get online and check my email/favourites these days... I watch what is going on in New Hampshire for a mere 20 minutes or less (more if I can).
It inspires me to not go to bed so soon..
It inspires me to challenge the world I live in and assert what I've always felt were my rights... unalienably.
You could vote for Ron Paul in New Orleans.
He got my vote.
If everyone thinks that voting for anyone besides a Republican or Democrat is a wasted vote, then it always will be.
Vashti is the system, that I must burn down.
Woof! woof!
My sister is perfectly healthy. Her healthcare is still $500/month. My parents on the other hand are old. My Dad has a back problem and the women in my family have a history of breast cancer (although my mom has never shown signs of the disease). Combined their healthcare bill used to be over $1500. PER MONTH. They used to pay, but it got to be too much. I really don't care what you say about the subject. In my mind My parents having affordable health care is better than my parents having no health care. That's it. You have your truths and I have mine.
@Frasbee, you're right. We do live in different worlds, but we both still clean our own toilets.