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She makes some very valid points. A few quotes:
"Nearly 46 million people in America are without health insurance. But by some estimates, as many as one-third of them are what you might call "voluntarily uninsured." These are people who could afford coverage but don't buy it."
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"Robinson estimates that health insurance would cost her about $500 a month. That's a lot of money for a policy that might not even cover the kind of preventive care she values.
As she drives down the interstate, Robinson explains that she's a big believer in alternative medicine. She regularly visits not only a chiropractor, but also a naturopath, an acupuncturist and a massage therapist.
"I'd rather use the $6,000 a year that I would pay in health insurance premiums and put it toward actual care — pay the doctor directly," she says."
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"A Calculated Risk
Robinson likes the power of deciding where and when to spend her medical dollars. Just like when she climbs mountains and goes snowboarding, she says, not being insured is taking a calculated risk.
"I'm sure that there's people out there that are going to say that's crazy and irresponsible," Robinson says. "Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Maybe we're just brainwashed into believing that we are supposed to have insurance to be fiscally responsible."
It's not as though Robinson's philosophy about health insurance hasn't been tested. Nearly a decade ago she fell while Rollerblading and badly broke her wrist. She had to have two surgeries. The whole ordeal cost her $14,000 out of pocket. You might think an experience like that would have shaken Robinson's belief that she can go through life without the blanket of protection that insurance affords. In fact, she says it had just the opposite effect.
"If I have one of those kinds of incidents once in 10 years, I can pay the bill because I haven't paid worthless insurance premiums, I haven't paid out $6,000 a year for the false security that somebody's going to take care of me if something happens," Robinson explains."
She makes some very valid points. A few quotes:
"Nearly 46 million people in America are without health insurance. But by some estimates, as many as one-third of them are what you might call "voluntarily uninsured." These are people who could afford coverage but don't buy it."
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"Robinson estimates that health insurance would cost her about $500 a month. That's a lot of money for a policy that might not even cover the kind of preventive care she values.
As she drives down the interstate, Robinson explains that she's a big believer in alternative medicine. She regularly visits not only a chiropractor, but also a naturopath, an acupuncturist and a massage therapist.
"I'd rather use the $6,000 a year that I would pay in health insurance premiums and put it toward actual care — pay the doctor directly," she says."
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"A Calculated Risk
Robinson likes the power of deciding where and when to spend her medical dollars. Just like when she climbs mountains and goes snowboarding, she says, not being insured is taking a calculated risk.
"I'm sure that there's people out there that are going to say that's crazy and irresponsible," Robinson says. "Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Maybe we're just brainwashed into believing that we are supposed to have insurance to be fiscally responsible."
It's not as though Robinson's philosophy about health insurance hasn't been tested. Nearly a decade ago she fell while Rollerblading and badly broke her wrist. She had to have two surgeries. The whole ordeal cost her $14,000 out of pocket. You might think an experience like that would have shaken Robinson's belief that she can go through life without the blanket of protection that insurance affords. In fact, she says it had just the opposite effect.
"If I have one of those kinds of incidents once in 10 years, I can pay the bill because I haven't paid worthless insurance premiums, I haven't paid out $6,000 a year for the false security that somebody's going to take care of me if something happens," Robinson explains."
