Platypus - I applaud your sense of wanting to help those less fortunate. I also think a level of social responsibility is a good thing. However, the plan as put forth is neither fair and equitable, nor in the interest of the country to pursue. If you want to pay someone else's medical bills, then I would point you to groups like the shrinders, red cross or red crescent, or other not for profit or charitable groups who will happily be willing to take a donation from you and help someone less fortunate.
To both you and Catfish I would point out this though - as Catfish said - its:
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the freedom to give a damn
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What this does is remove my right and freedom to NOT give a damn if I so choose.
The current proposal is nothing more than the COMPULSION upon law abiding citizen to pay for those who cannot - or WILL NOT while giving government a greater hand in our daily lives.
I have no problem with you having the freedom to care. You have that right, and I have served to protect that freedom. What those who support universal health care want the removal of freedom from those that don't want to care. Where is that freedom? Oh that's right - it will be removed.
Just as it has been removed in the case of those who choose NOT to work, choose to sit at home and suck off of welfare - even to the point of defrauding it - so that others work to pay their way.
There are ways for you to care and help - but stop trying to make everyone else do it just because
you think they should. That isn't the way this country is supposed to work.