# What happens to people who cannot get health insurance? (U.S. obviously) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 29, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-people-who-cannot-get-health-insurance-u-s-obviously/435392 "2008-01-29T01:18:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-people-who-cannot-get-health-insurance-u-s-obviously/435392/81 "2008-01-30T14:15:26Z")
[QUOTE=Lobohan] Every cent of profit (obviously doctors and such need to be paid. A police department isn’t for profit and the chief makes 120k a year.) made in insurance and hospitals is repugnant so long as one of your countrymen goes without care. [/QUOTE] Right because profit = evil. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-people-who-cannot-get-health-insurance-u-s-obviously/435392/82 "2008-01-30T15:14:14Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] Right because profit = evil. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] That’s BS. You know exactly what they were saying. Profit!= evil. Profit that directly causes suffering in others is. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-people-who-cannot-get-health-insurance-u-s-obviously/435392/83 "2008-01-30T15:19:19Z")
All this and we have skipped another part of health care…DENTAL. ---
**Author:** ![muttrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@muttrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muttrox)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-people-who-cannot-get-health-insurance-u-s-obviously/435392/84 "2008-01-30T15:22:25Z")
[QUOTE=MikeG] Profit that directly causes suffering in others is. [/QUOTE] I look forward to you showing how hospitals and their employees making a profit fits this definition of evil. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-people-who-cannot-get-health-insurance-u-s-obviously/435392/85 "2008-01-30T15:27:20Z")
[QUOTE=muttrox] I look forward to you showing how hospitals and their employees making a profit fits this definition of evil. [/QUOTE] Do the police make a profit. As I clearly said, the police chief makes 120k a year. But they aren’t run for profit. They pay everyone involved, but they don’t seek to lower services so they can make more to give to share holders. You can understand that right? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-people-who-cannot-get-health-insurance-u-s-obviously/435392/86 "2008-01-30T15:33:11Z")
[QUOTE=muttrox] I look forward to you showing how hospitals and their employees making a profit fits this definition of evil. [/QUOTE] That includes all the extra employees hired simply to convince the HMO’s & Insurance Companies to pay. Most of the employees involved in patient care–& most of their support personnel–aren’t _getting_that profit. In fact, their own health benefits–pretty good in comparison with much of the country–have gotten less good in recent years. The suits are doing pretty well, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-people-who-cannot-get-health-insurance-u-s-obviously/435392.md?page=4)