should a just government provide health care for its citizens?

Question

i really dont knoe b/c i need this for compition so yea ......whatever

Answer 1

You can not build power and riches if you provide health care. You have raise taxes just to have paid heath care. The USA wants Power which cost as much if not more then health care. Our taxes are around 33% in the USA with pretty much 20% going to the Fed. We pay more taxes then other countries with full health care.

So which do you want? Freedom and pay for your own health or do you want a dictator and live poor and pay for a big army and get a little health care. Japan and other countries have great heath care but if attacked they have to depend on the USA for defense. That is why so many Buddie up with the USA.

Answer 2

It all depends on what kind of country you want.... a healthy country is a productive one.

Also, I personally think part of what depicts us between a third world country is that we provide some level of medical assistance for the poor and elderly; although, that is recently failing due to a lot of states passing laws that will not help a single person that does not have kids. So, basically their only choice if they get cancer is to die.

Think about it... in some third world countries, when someone gets very sick, the burden is put on other family members... ie, they move in with them,etc.. When they do not have this option, they just basically suffer until they die and sometimes that is a long slow process. That doesn't sound very humane nor Christian like.

Then you have to consider the price you want to pay for a civilized world that has the appearance of progression. You know what I mean... when we go into town, we don't pass families living under bridges. If there was no medicare or medicaid, when say a man got came down with cancer... then after selling off everything he owns... the wife and two kids are living out of the car or under the bridge. At least, the healthcare we try to provide keeps them from selling off their property for him to be able to leave something for his family.

The cost issue has always been focused in the wrong direction. Did you know W. Buffet, the 2nd richest man in the world, got rich from owning insurance companies? What does that tell you? Then think about the record profits from phamarcy companies that can provide drugs easily to some sick ppl to keep them well... ie, diabetics... but they prefer to make record profits while our sick and elderly make a choice between food or medicine.

If the government took over that area by maintaining the insurance (same thing as Medicare) and then regulating pharmacy companies, healthcare cost would plummet and become very affordable.

And back to my original argument... it all depends on what type of country you want to live in.... a healthy country is a productive one.

Answer 3

I don't believe so, for several reasons:

1. Government-subsidized health care rewards overpriced doctors. Kissing butt is more important than understanding healing.
2. Only "orthodox" methods can be used. I'm here to tell you now and for certain that there are MUCH more effective methods of healing than those to be found in a hospital. They include simple herbal remedies (virtually free with all-natural active ingredients and NO SIDE EFFECTS), exercise programs, diet, and energy healing.
3. It removes competition. By licensing specific institutions and specialists to be government-approved health-care providers, it makes it much more difficult for those whose methods are non-approved (even if just as good or better), or who have simply failed to pass the required licensing and tests (perhaps due to lack of money, red tape, or even someone on the approval commitee not wanting them to get in).

What I believe we DO need to do is to dissolve the hold that the American Medical Association has on healing practices. We need to do the same with dietetics associations, and any other group that enforces a monopoly of thought or practice.

Answer 4

Yes...

The United States is a classic example of a health system gone bad.

We have over 40 million people without insurance. The amount of money the government already spends on their care.....staggering. If they would just use the leverage of it's buying power and productivity, we could provide preventative health care for each man/woman/child in this country.

Answer 5

It would be one of the greatest boons for business in ages. Even the CEO of Ford has spoken out in support of such a program.

Additionally, it actually wouldn't cost much, if anything. The U.S. actually spends more per person on health care now, than does Canada. The problem is that when people don't have health care, they put of exams, and so little (inexpensive) problems become large (extraordinarily expensive) problems.

The number one cause of bankruptcy in America is medical expenses.

A couple, age 65, WITH health care, can expect to spend about $200,000 in out of pocket expenses before they die.

Answer 6

Every American should be able to get health care, and it should "not" be based on their ability to pay.

You are already paying for it, either in premiums, taxes for Medicare & Medicaid, higher cost of products because companys add their health care costs on to the price of their products, and provider cost shifting to compensate the provider for the uninsured.

The money is already there, just starting thinking outside of the box. How do we provide health care to all, and do it cheaper and smarter than the current system?

Answer 7

Absolutely. Of the 29 industrialized nations in the world, only two do not guarantee health care for their citizens--South Africa and the United States. The others have seemed to figure out how to make it work.

Answer 8

Yes I believe so, health care is a basic human right and everybody should have access, no matter how little money they have. I know it's expensive, but wouldn't you rather pay higher taxes and be reassured that you will always have health care no matter what happens, no matter what kind of financial situation you're in?

Answer 9

Yes, because the Pharmaceutical company's are getting away
highway robbery right now, only because the insurance co.
will pay their overblown prices.
If you don't have medical insurance & have to pay out of your
pocket, it's a killer.
Most other civilized countries have universal health care,
& works great for them. Like England & Ireland.

Answer 10

Yes. The countries wealth is in it's people. Two teared if you want. But available to all. What would happen if you gave up your army and put all the mony into health care and education? Oh, wait...I live in Costa Rica. That's what happened here in 1948.