Apple products are a luxury. Healthcare is a neccesity. Thats about one of the stupidest comparisons I have seen yet.
Care to link to something (besides a right wing hack) to back up that "few" % claim?
Insurance companies are big, no, huge business. They make lots of profit and are under no obligation to share any profit with there "customers", especially in the form of price reductions. If they aren't ALL beholden to stockholders than at least most are. And stockholders don't care whether you or I live or die. They are in it for the profit.
If I think Apple charges too much money I don't have to buy there products. In fact, I more or less do, and don't own anything Apple.
I make that choice.
If my spleen ruptures I can't very well decide to do nothing about it and am at the mercy of my insurance. And although I can opt out of my company insurance there is no way I can buy my own insurance for cheaper and certainly not equal coverage for my money.
You are all about throwing the "socialism" label around. Although I think you have proven you really don't quite understand what that really means.
If this is socialism then so be it:
Healthcare should be a basic provision. Like education. If you have the money you can get the very best of the best, but even if you have nothing you can get the basics.
Back to personal attacks already, eh?
The reality is insurance companies have a profit margin of about five percent, and as private companies are under no obligation to provide "welfare" service to this country. They are a business, same as any other. If you don't like it, or you think they're making a fortune, why don't you start your own insurance company and "get rich", as you say they are? If it was such a great business, why aren't people lining up to form new insurance companies?
Speaking of not understanding, healthcare is NOT a basic provision, nor is eduction. As a society we CHOOSE to provide education to our children; it is not a "right" or a law of the universe. And our society may decide to provide health care too. But that does NOT make it a "right", no matter how entitled you personally feel.
If your spleen ruptures you are NOT at the "mercy" of your insurance company. Stop being a victim. YOU entered a contract with the company for a certain amount of care for a certain monthly fee. No more, no less. If you are unhappy with the contract, you should have bought a plan that you would be satisfied with.
Is it Toyota's fault if you buy a car that gets lower fuel economy than you like? Is it the Dish TV's fault if you don't order the movie channels, then are pissed because you can't watch HBO? Is it your car insurance company's fault if you only buy liability insurance, then complain when you crash your car and they don't pay to have it repaired?
Give it some thought.