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  Re: Americans really are sue-happy...  
From: clipka
Date: 20 Feb 2012 08:55:07
Message: <4f4250bb$1@news.povray.org>
Am 19.02.2012 22:11, schrieb Warp:
> clipka<ano### [at] anonymousorg>  wrote:
>> Picture yourself in that woman's position: One moment you are standing
>> on the platform thinking no harm and doing nothing wrong, next moment
>> you've got a broken leg and wrist; the hospital won't give you any care
>> unless they know who's paying; your medical insurance isn't, due to some
>> random loophole of the policy (so now you know why it was so cheap that
>> you could afford it); neither is the government, because hey, this is
>> America, so don't any government dare take from the rich and give to the
>> poor.
>
>> Bottom line: Unless you want to spend the future walking around with a
>> crippled leg and wrist, you've got to find /someone/ to blame for your
>> misfortune and force them to pay.
>
>    So the solution to the problem of having a shitty healthcare system is
> to sue people around until someone else pays your medial bills?
>
>    No, just no.

You're missing the point. That woman has no way of repairing the 
healthcare system, so what else would you expect her to do than sue someone?

Having a shitty healthcare system sure doesn't excuse the US-American 
society from being sue-happy - but can you not agree that it may excuse 
some of the individuals filing those lawsuits?


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