Health care question?

Question

State whether you have insurance or not please, and whether you pay for it or an employer does.
Question, how do you fell about universal heath care for the United States? What do you think is the solution to the health care crisis if not universal health care? Thanks to all that answer reasonalbly.

Answer 1

I have insurance, and my employer pays for a large portion. My share is about $220/month plus copays.

I think universal health care is the only fair option to insure the working poor. I suspect we'll still have some kind of private insurance - like the medicare supplement plans - that gives you better coverage for a cost...but at least kids will get regular checkups, and people will not go bankrupt from a ruptured appendix anymore!

Answer 2

I have health insurance, through my husbands employer. I am also a cancer patient and I know it will be next to impossible to get affordable health insurance once he is no longer working there.

I don't like the idea of Universal Health Care. My father-in-law in the UK was left on a "waiting list" for an angiogram. After waiting for nearly six months for his procedure, he ended up having a heart attack.

The NHS (Britain's Universal health care) has also had to resort to stipulating people. People that smoke, are over weight and have other issues, can lose their free health care and be forced into private health care (much like ours) because they simply can't afford to provide for everyone. Another issue there is, since the government is the provider of the medical services, a patient's medical records belong to the government, not the patient.

We, in the U.S., don't have the economy to support Universal Health Care. I believe there are many things we could do to ease the costly burdens of health care costs.

1. Start forcing other governments to cover health care costs of their citizens that come here illegally and run up medical bills (Mexico, for example)

2. Put reasonable caps on malpractice law suits, so that doctors pay less for their insurance premiums.

3. Stop allowing drug companies to advertise products that cannot be purchased over the counter. If a drug can only be purchased with a prescription, then it should not be advertised to the general public. Let the drug companies lobby to doctors personally at a much cheaper cost. This would save billions in drug advertising every year that could be recycled back into our health care.

Answer 3

universal health care was already rejected. THE GOVT is not the solution for anything.

if u want healthcare the equivolent of the post office. 100 times too expensive and knives left in your brain then socialize medicine.


why do u care who on here has health care and who doesnt. the fact is about 30 million dont and 250 million do. the ones that dont mostly do not have a job, therefore its hard to have insurance paid by employer. u dont destroy a system over the 10% that are left out and FAck the system up for the other 90%


and thats a memo

Answer 4

I have insurance through and it is paid for through my employer.

Health care is a need of everyone, but the cost would be too much of a burden on the taxpayers.

The only solution I see is a compromise between the health industry and the customer. Health care cost are sky high due to lawsuits and the uninsured not too mention smokers and specialized medicine.

The solution is to make insurance more affordable but also lower the cost of the services. Taxes would have to be raised to accomplish this (which I disagree with ) but everyone has the right to health care.

Answer 5

Against universal health care.In canada there is a 6 month waiting period for surgeries,Detroit and other major cities that border Canada are swamped with Canadian people getting good health care in the United States.

I was divorced raising two children on my own with no child support and went on welfare for 3 months get medical help for my children..,when a doctor made a comment to my 6 year old daughter about free cheese,I knew I didnt want to depend on the government for nothing.I worked as many jobs as it took to get good medical care for my children.When on welfare,the medical society looks at you like dirt..,I know I lived it.

My son had a brain tumor which turned out to be cancer and thankful I had medical insurance through the company which both of us pay for,the company and myself.I have stayed with this company for 10 years to show my appreciation for the health care benefits.

So no,I dont believe in Universal Health Care,because the quality of our care will go down the toilet.

Answer 6

I have health insurance through an employer for myself and my family, but I also contribute about half of it's cost from my paycheck. I think that Universal healthcare will decrease the quality of healthcare overall because there will be less companies going into reasearch and development, building and adding to hospitals, and less people taking jobs in the field. The only solution that I can see is to offer incentives to employers for offering insurance to employees and offer a government subsidised plan which is paid for by it's users based on a sliding scale. This should utilize a private insurance company which has to bid for the business. Also, they have to offer more incentives for going into healthcare and limit liability, we have a shortage of qualified doctors, nurses, and pharmacists mostly because all of these positions although well paid with middle to upper middle class salaries also include a commitment to work 50 - 70 hrs. per week because of staffing inadequacies. The insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies have to be reigned in. They are really the ones who make out on the high costs of healthcare.

Answer 7

Right now we have Medicare. That's a good thing, and I believe our senior citizens should be cared for properly.

However, I have a problem with putting out big money for people who should otherwise be working and paying their own way. And those who have no desire to go get a job, are a great burden on the system.

Short-term medical care is good. Care for children is good. Care for disabled people is good. Ongoing care for people who will never make a try at supporting themselves is not good, particularly when "civil rights" say we cannot dictate conditions like birth control and drug testing fo chronic users of Medicaid.

The middle class who does not have insurance, should not have to pay tax on anything they spend on health care, and should have a no interest or very low interest loan available for elective procedures. Catastrophic, non-elective procedures for life-threatening conditions could fall under Medicaid.

No system is going to be perfect, but the harder you try to make it perfect, the worse it will get. Universal health care will only lower the quality of already deteriorating service for everybody.

Answer 8

Yes I am insured, everybody pays for healthcare,except military (you get what you pay for there, unless you're a dependent). You either pay in copayments or deductibles or both,depending on your ailment. Universal healthcare should be made available for all children and terminally ill patients. Otherwise it is another federal pgm/crutch for the irresponsible to use, like they use welfare and foodstamps. They are either in debt and can't afford it, have a disease because they ate too much at Mc Donald's or both. Pay your bills,don't buy it if you don't need it,eat right and exercise. Other than that, give it to the ones that didn't ask to be sick or broke trying to stay alive and without pain. I think it's stupid to visit the emergency room and pay or get "billed" twice or three times as much for a cold or the flu just because the clinic on the corner asked for lesser payment upfront. You know that's why I save money. And whn I can't save money, it's because I am borrowing too much or spending what I should have saved. PERIOD!!!To those that take offense, be accountable. The government is not a band-aid to treat the wounds made or caused by your own irresponsible ways. Take care of the children! Those that have cancer,AIDS,Parkison's. Yeah...maybe they liked to burn their cigarettes in another time or slam their drugs intravenously, but they pay the price in being ill now. The least we can do for them is let them go in peace and without pain. If it is a "blanket" that everybody will sleep under, it's going to ride Americans in their pockets, open the door to fraud and it will be another program we will have to spend more money later to reform. I say NEIGH!

Answer 9

I'm not really sure how I feel about universal health care. I would still need to hear more pros and cons on the subject before I could determine if I would like it or not. We have insurance but, my husband has it taken out of his check every week and our copay for the family doctor is twenty dollars.

Answer 10

I am on my dad's health care for a few more months, it is supplied by his work, but its not all that great at all. I am a little mixed about universal health care, sounds good and all, maybe they could do a compromise, like having a people after a certain age have health care automatically or certain diseases or problems