Ok, I have a debate class and our first subject is what is in my title. Yes, I did ask my teacher if I could ask you guys and it's okay. But I do need a reason why you say yes or no.
2006-09-13 14:42:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Theoretically I would say yes, but heaven help us if our government is ever in charge of this. Services would be so slow and hard to access. Can you imagine the paperwork involved? I have a disabled child and I am extremely thankful that I don't have Uncle Sam telling me where and what kind of treatment she will be allowed to receive.
2006-09-13 14:55:50 · answer #1 · answered by SuperMom 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO! The reasons are thusly:
1. Countries that offer free health care all have people waiting to get treatment. Some people who can afford it, leave Canada to get treatment in the US where they pay full price. People die waiting.
2. You've seen how well the DMV works and that's run by the gov't. Do you want to see the same smiling faces facing you with a needle?
3. The doctors all get the same pay no matter how good or mediocre they are. I like a system that rewards people for excelling. Because it's the patient that wins in the end.
4. If you need a heart or kidney transplant or some simple surgery something like your age could get you kicked off the list in a country that has free health care even if you have a willing donor such as a family member.
So yeah HMO'S suck and it's horrible that not everyone here has health ins but a hospital can't turn anyone away who needs help so they do get help and it's much faster than if they had to wade through the socialist red tape of free health care.
2006-09-13 21:51:46 · answer #2 · answered by Sara 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We and South Africa are the only two industrialized nations in the world that does not provide health care for its citizens. That says all of the so called Communist nations and many dictatorships do provide this to their citizens. The answer I would give is yes. There are many problems with our capitalist system and this is one of them. The greed involved to make so much money off of peoples misery's is outstanding. To profit from peoples misfortune of being sick to me is just wrong. I am not advocating denouncing the capitalistic nature of this country but to leave 45 million out of 300 million without access to proper or even basic health care is just wrong.
2006-09-13 21:50:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it shouldn't. My reasoning is because of the costs would be more than any private policy we could purchase on our own. It would not be free, it would be taxed. We would get substandard health care, from substandard doctors. There would waste everywhere. The government does not know how to run a profitable organization and provide good service too. Can't be done. The poor have their services, and the elderly have theirs. You want to see a perfect example of national health care, take a look a the VA. Not a pretty picture.
2006-09-13 21:49:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I believe it is NOT the responsibility of government to provide health care to its citizens. Governments provide protection to its people. Also, while we are talking government, I don't believe the gov't should have a hand in retirement as well!
2006-09-13 21:51:04 · answer #5 · answered by nardo84 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wished that my government would, I am tired of people dying because they can not afford the medical bills or the medicine either.My mother lost her house in order to pay for my father's open heart surgery.
2006-09-13 21:51:13 · answer #6 · answered by mysticideas 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tough one but no. This is a civilian controlled country. The government should offer assistance but it is not meant to provide for its people, just protect them. Government controlled anything is not an American ideal and simply will never happen.
2006-09-13 21:46:24 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
hell yeah!!! and for gas, and feeding the homeless, and for heat, and for telephone. i mean we pay taxes don't we. let's quit blowing up other countries, and clean up our own back yards. how many billions of dollars a day are wasted on wars. is that not what we pay taxes for, what our government of the people, for the people and by the people is for.
2006-09-13 21:53:29 · answer #8 · answered by ricie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the USA we already have healthcare for those that cannot afford it....its call Medicaid.... and for the old Medicare.
2006-09-13 21:47:33 · answer #9 · answered by Rada S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that's what God wants. Funny how these church people don't want it cause they are so cheap and don't want to pay higher taxed? Can I say hypocrite???
2006-09-13 21:45:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋