> Even if 84% of the population has insurance during any given years
> snapshot that tells you far less than you seem to think it does. If people
> move in and out of coverage then it's a crapshoot to "hope" you get sick
> when you have coverage. If I don't have health insurance ALL THE
> TIME then I need to be counted as uninsured when compared to
> Canadians who have health insurance their whole lives. Being insured
> for 75% or 85% of your life is in no way comparable to having it
> guaranteed for a lifetime.
>
> If you spend 85% of your life having access to clean water do I get to
> tell
> you have great it is for you that only 15% of your life was spent having
> to
> drink absolute drek?
> Why, 85%! We never had it so good. When I was a lad I had to drink
> urine straight from my fathers cock. You lucky bastard!
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And is it also not the case - no small matter - that the older you are and
the more your need for health insurance, the less available and costlier it
is?
You were lucky by comparison. You only had to go without fresh water when you were a kid...and the alternative didn't cost anything!
MG