# Health care horror story #13848732 **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 26, 2009, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-care-horror-story-13848732/522612 "2009-12-26T08:01:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 431
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-care-horror-story-13848732/522612/431 "2010-01-15T17:06:47Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > > [@tumbleddown](#): > > > > This is just your opinion, just like your stupidity of presuming that a Doper who said that half the year (when his amount of work declines seasonally) he cannot afford health insurance premiums was a profligate who was out partying every weekend and that was why he couldn’t pay premiums of several hundred dollars. > > I said none of that. He said he paid for it for half the year when it was more likely he would be injured, but when I asked why he couldn’t afford it the other half of the year, he got defensive. Maybe he was under the false assumption that you have reading comprehension skills. [Let’s see what he said](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11944387#post11944387), shall we? > [@UHC. You want public option? Get into prison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uhc-you-want-public-option-get-into-prison/522496/88): > > I am an independent contractor. I work in the trades. Well water professional mostly and some electrical work. I live in MA. **During the colder months there is less work available.** I think I see the problem. He should have explained that there is less work in the colder months. Oh, wait. He did. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-care-horror-story-13848732/522612)._