OK, it seems to me that many people in this country are pointing to Europe’s health care plans as a model for our own, yet I keep hearing about people from Europe coming HERE for their operations, because they fear their own nation’s health care!
Now, I will be the first to admit: Everyone in America SHOULD have access to health care. But if we nationalize our health care, won’t standards plummet, like in our Public Schools? Won’t the gov’t spend the money foolishly, like in Social Security? Do you REALLY want our government that practically ruins everything it touches, to be in charge of our HEALTH??
My father-in-law recently went to France for vacation, and strained his back carrying luggage. However, all the locals warned him to stay away from their hospitals, and wait until he got back to the US to get a good doctor.
How about, instead of the gov’t even TOUCHING our fantastic health care, we simply give money to those inneed so they can afford it? A tax credit for those who pay taxes, and an increase in welfare or unemployment for those who don’t make enough.
I can’t find many articles on it, but I found this guy who agrees that, if you can afford it, US health care is the best in the world:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/483557?src=mp
And this one about how Britain’s health care is declining:
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Health/Bad_Medicine.html
But neither are great sources.
So, Libs, how about instead of trying to change the greatest health care system in the world, why don’t we just make it affordable to all? After all, if we get rid of our great health care, where will rich Europeans go when they need operations?
2007-05-21
03:27:41
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