April 28th, 2009

The issue of health care is generally not as much of a priority to the youth as it is to older people?

luv2bfit asked:


The older you are, the more difficult it is to get insurance and you need it even more. When I was young and had no assets to protect and no children to take to the doctor, I didn’t really think too much about health care. Does anyone else see this trend?
???Medicare? You have to be 65 to get that IF you live that long. People even put off retirement all for this reason.
darrin-I agree it is or will eventually be important to everybody. It’s something everybody needs.

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8 Responses to “The issue of health care is generally not as much of a priority to the youth as it is to older people?”

  1. Nitussi Says:
    May 1st, 2009 at 10:30 pm

    Most seniors have health care. Its the young people with no jobs who don’t.

  2. italienne Says:
    May 4th, 2009 at 4:30 am

    Sure, unless you have an accident or a sudden debilitating disease, you don’t think about it. No one needs anti-biotics for infections when they are young.

  3. ktw Says:
    May 6th, 2009 at 5:43 pm

    I have two daughters who presently don’t have insurance. Their employers don’t offer health insurance or at a rate that is out of this world. What do you do when you need a doctor. And do you really think that younger people don’t need healthcare?

    I am all for Hillary’s plan (that comes the closest) to Universal Healthcare.

  4. barackforpres Says:
    May 9th, 2009 at 7:19 am

    While I can see some logic in this, I also think insurance, medical care and prescriptions have become so outrageously expensive that it’s probably more of an issue for younger folks than it was several decades ago.

  5. neeno Says:
    May 11th, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    Unfortunately health care has been blow way out of proportion this election. There are far more important issues to deal with. With that being said, all of the issues are interconnect in some way and you cannot address one without affecting the others.

    Broad and sweeping health care reform ( ie universal health care) is not the correct answer to the health care issue.

    But to answer you question, yes, the older you get or having children ect. the more health care becomes important.

  6. darrin b Says:
    May 14th, 2009 at 12:50 am

    the issue of health care is important to everybody–including the youths of this country.

    because those same “youths” who you think don’t care about health care have OLDER PARENTS.

    and if their parents get sick, with no health care, and they lose their savings and/or homes trying to pay for an illness, then it will definintely affect their children, who btw, are their youths.

    do you see this trend?

  7. livefree Says:
    May 16th, 2009 at 6:20 pm

    You obviously have no clue about Medicare.

  8. twinkie Says:
    May 18th, 2009 at 11:31 pm

    you bet ye.