but wasn t the idea behind the individual mandate basically saying to people who do not buy insurance, since you re going to get the care, we re going to charge you something so that when you get it, you ve paid for it. is that a notion you think is fair at its root? no. because at some point, you have the right as an american to be dumb and not carry insurance. but you should also have the responsibility to deal with the cost of that action. but do you think that that person should then be denied care when they get to the hospital? no, you provide the urgent care that s needed, and then you also have to have that individual understand, because they chose not to participate in insurance, they chose not to be responsible, that they re going to have a cost that s going to follow them around, sometimes for years. wow, that s pretty punitive, i have to say.
and our experience here in arizona is as we often tried to reach out and expand coverage. we were stunned with the additional incremental costs that came with that. and often our costs projections, as you saw in new york, were way with off base. but wasn t the idea behind the individual mandate basically saying to people who do not buy insurance, since you re going to get the care, we re going to charge you something so that when you get it, you ve paid for it. is that a notion you think is fair at its root? no. because at some point, you have the right as an american to be dumb and not carry insurance. but you should also have the responsibility to deal with the cost of that action. but do you think that that person should then be denied care when they get to the hospital? no, you provide the urgent care that s needed, and then you also have to have that individual understand, because they chose not to participate in
yeah. it s absolutely a fair notion. and your experience in new york and our experience here in arizona is as we often tried to reach out and expand coverage. we were stunned with the additional incremental costs that came with that. and often our costs projections, as you saw in new york, were way with off base. but wasn t the idea behind the individual mandate basically saying to people who do not buy insurance, since you re going to get the care, we re going to charge you something so that when you get it, you ve paid for it. is that a notion you think is fair at its root? no. because at some point, you have the right as an american to be dumb and not carry insurance. but you should also have the responsibility to deal with the cost of that action. but do you think that that person should then be denied care when they get to the hospital? no, you provide the urgent care that s needed, and then you also have to have that
crazy? he said nothing that was crazy. come on, charlie. [laughter] neil: he did say that i m rubber out of news glow, bounces off of me. i m kidding. [laughter] neil: businesses across the country shutting down as workers speak up and join protest,ia day without immigrants, wait a minute. wasn t the idea to focus on a day without illegal immigrants? [shouting] say carl,