Who actually thinks Universal Health-care is a good thing?

Question

The good news about Clinton's health care is that everyone will be covered. The bad news is that it will be with dirt.

Answer 1

Something has to be done to get this system we have now under control:
Not only high cost bordering on highway robbery: But also double billing, adding things on you never received billing insurance companies for things you never received. Doubling of your bill because you have good insurance. etc.
Example of that : I had to be hospitalized for food poisoning. My insurance company paid the bill for the doctor and hospital. After the deductal which they told me was $256 USD. I paid it. Six months later get a bill from hospital for $785 more dollars. I made three trips to hospital and argued with them about it. Never did get it off. By the way I didn't pay.
Another incident was when I get hit in the eye at work. Company sent me to hospital. It was worker's comp, Company paid it but Hospital still tried to bill me for it as well.
That was two different hospitals in two different cities.

So what I am saying is that something has to be done and if it takes socializing medicine to get it done then so be it.
The Doctors: The Hospitals: The Drug companies will have brought it on themselves because of their greed.

Answer 2

That is just not true, there is so much misinformation about this plan, remember the insurance and medical field lobby's are some of the most powerful in Washington. Here are some facts there are currently 47 million people without access to affordable health care. This is a growing problem as it becomes more costly more company's are going to drop it. The CEO of General Motors has said that $1500 of every new car sold goes to pay for health care to its employees, this I would assume would hold true in many other industry's. We pay that extra charge when we buy things. This cost to the company's makes it hard to compete in a global market when so many other country's have U.H.C., The cost of health care keeps many from getting basic care and these individuals have very little access to preventive health so they only hit the emergency rooms in a crisis situation driving up the cost to everyone. Many contagious diseases could be headed off before it becomes an epidemic and the lack of access to health care will only hamper this. There is so many more problems that U.H.C. would help with. The U.S. ranks number one in cost of heath care but 14th in quality of care and the country's that are ahead of us all have U.H.C. You should really research it more before you make blanket statements. Yes there are some negatives but the plus's out weigh the negitives by a wide margin.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Most Americans are pigs and will "pig-out" on health care if there is no incentive to act responsibly. People are already going to hospitals for colds for god's sake. The abuse of the health care system would be rampant and costs would spiral out of control (worse than they have already).

Answer 5

I do. You can tell me all you want how Canadians have to wait for a doctors but I have more confidence in the United States and I believe we can do better.

Answer 6

Universal health care for every American is on its way, either under the presidency of a Republican or Democrat. We live in the 21st century. It is unethical and inhumane to offer some people, who can afford it, health insurance and medical care, while a distinct strata of the population goes without such care.

Answer 7

No one with a brain likes the idea. We have friends in Canada who are from the US and they HATE it. They come back to the states if they can for major medical care and they live in a big city - Toronto.

Answer 8

It is important that America's best and brightest never aspire to be doctors and instead strive to become lawyers so they can make some real money. We don't have enough lawyers in this country and they are terribly overworked.

Answer 9

85% of the population is covered by some form of healthcare. I see no problem, that should allow the government to come in and screw it up for those of us that do!

Answer 10

It'd be great, so long as the program is not a government monopoly. If it is, forget it.

What we really ALSO need is tort law reform (are you listening John Edwards?)