Should there be national health care in the United States?

Question

If we do do you think health care will go down since Doctors would not make much money and have no reason to work harder.

Answer 1

I am going to straddle the fence like some others here....we are an industrialized and wealthy nation that should be able to provide QUALITY, national healthcare for all our citizens.

However, the thought of the government being responsible for this system makes me retch. We've seen what happens when the gov't takes over.....red-tape, bureaucracy, more red-tape, inefficiency, incompetency......more red tape...

I don't think our gov't is competent enough to run a cost-efficient, quality, non-bureaucratic healthcare system.

And lastly, I don't think a national healthcare system should cover illegal immigrants. Sorry, but no. If you don't have a valid ss#, aren't paying taxes or don't have a greencard to be here legally, then you shouldn't be able to get free healthcare and ride my wage-earning, tax-paying, working my ***-off to stay middle-class coattails.

Viva America!

Answer 2

right here in Canada, we've the Canada Heath Act, which has some flaws, the place the feds pay insured human beings for insured approaches. quickly, concern with regard to the casualty's therapy first, then concern approximately how the funds. there have been thoughts the place those with severe circumstances being kicked out of hospitals because of the fact they did no longer have any coverage. And one tale is a bazillion too many. In Europe, they have a greater socialized well-being care device the place precedence one is get the casualty taken care of and not concern approximately money. that must be thought if no longer for top taxes. yet with the way the HMO and coverage companies have become prosperous off of alternative human beings's miseries and prioritizing those with deeper wallet, they are going to do something and each thing to maintain their riches. So it may well be next to impossible whether (polls say whilst) Obama wins a 2d term.

Answer 3

Yes and for these who think there is a way to take care of those who do not have insurance, dream on, it does not exist..my family cannot afford the monthly cost of insurance and or the deductible.....the drug company's are helping with lower cost drugs but people need medical help, exams, blood tests and etc and that is not available...if a persons needs emergency care that works some, but just plain preventive health does not exist, Washington state had a plan called "basic health" that worked for years until bush took controll and then this plan went under and people have nothing.....it is an absolute shame the strongest, richest country in the world that rushes to the aid of every country but cannot take care of its own people, total disgrace...

Answer 4

YES! Every other free country has a national health care system for it's citizens. The US is one of the few free countries that actually makes it's citizens pay for health care. I do not think health care quality will go down because there will be more regulation over it if the government is involved. In fact, they might be able to get rid of malpractice suits by having the government involved.

Answer 5

I don't think so.
Despite all the answers so far, that have mentioned the usual concerns (long-waits on treatment, inferior care, etc.) no one has yet mentioned how it would be paid for. Americans already pay 15% for Social Security (before they even get to see their paycheck (yes it's 15% - 7.5 from the worker, and a matching 7.5 that the employer could be paying the worker)), and there are still other federal, state, and local taxes on top of that. What percentage of your already skimmed/taxed paycheck are you willing to give up?
And I really wouldn't trust the government to set-up and maintain a workable system - again - look at Social Security for an example of a government run program...

Answer 6

Yes, I think there should be a national health care here in the USA, we pay a fortune for our insurance and then go to the doctor and pay $30 office visit and for our medication we still have to pay $60 or more for prescriptions! Something needs to be changed, a lady in front of me last week had no insurance so she paid nothing and had 4 bottles of medication!!! Which is good if they are poor but what about us who are working trying to make it too??? It is not fair to us either!!

Answer 7

NO!!!!!!!! We have set in place healthcare for those who cant afford it. Do you want government running healthcare? Look at Canada and other socialized medicine countries, 6-8 months for cataract surgery, 1 year for hip/knee replacement, 16 months for heart surgery, if you are a strong candidate. Why do you think they go out of country to get these things done?

Answer 8

Yes. There should be.
And no....I don't think health care will go down.
Doctors wouldn't have to spend as much as they do on malpractice insurance...which would save them literally millions.
And those that become doctors just for the money aren't very good doctors to begin with.

Answer 9

I think there should be.All our elected officials have it,and the taxpayers are footing the bill.I do not,however,trust any government agency to handle it properly.

Answer 10

Absolutely not. National Healthcare= inferior treatment.