Q&A: Should the terms “health insurance” and “health care” be used interchangeably?

01/18/11 by admin | 4 Comments

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Question by Real Life has No Soundtrack: Should the terms “health insurance” and “health care” be used interchangeably?
They keep telling us how many Americans don’t have “health care,” but don’t they really mean “health insurance?”
I don’t think any of you understood my question. Either that, or Y!A is just a place to get up on a soapbox.
Health Insurance and Health Care are not the same thing. Health Insurance is one way to pay for Health Care, but just because someone doesn’t have it doesn’t mean they can’t get Health Care. People can pay cash, what ever happened to paying cash?
Growing up, my father was self-employed, and we rarely had health insurance. But we still went to the dentist and saw the doctor. He paid cash, or made arragements with the dentists or doctors to trade work. (My father is an accountant.)
Why does everyone think that the Government is for some reason going to be more permissive or benevolent than an Insurance company?
The Government will just provide “end of life counselling” and let you die.

Ok, Y!A is just a place to get up on a soapbox.

Best answer:

Answer by magik626
Yes. Everyone can get healthcare. That idiot talking last night is just, well, an idiot.

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