Answering the Question ‘Why can’t we add a fee to lottery tickets nationwide to cover medical insurance?’
January 21st, 2012 |
I was looking through some old posts and found this question. I thought it was a good one so I wanted to post an answer here. The question comes from ‘brett h’:
A simple solution is to add a $1.00 charge to all lottery tickets sold nationwide. Most of the individuals that purchase lottery tickets either have the money to buy the ticket and are well off, or do not have any money nor insurance. This charge could be used to pay for medical expenses in each state where the lottery tickets were purchased to cover hospital/doctor costs for those without insurance.
Answer: Even if you sold exactly the same number of lottery tickets (which you wouldn’t at twice the price), you wouldn’t even begin to scratch the surface. A simpler solution would be to have people that don’t qualify for Welfare buy health insurance.
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