should we have a federal system of universal health care implemented in the United States?

Question

i'm pretty sure my question asks it all...should the US gov. set the minimum for health care for each citizen of the US? give an explanation please! not just yes or no or maybe!

thanks!

Answer 1

Americans you amaze me!

Your selfish non community attitude concerning the health and welfare of your fellow citizens is a very sad indictment of your social failings as a nation!

Australia has enjoyed a reasonable and compassionate universal health care for generations!

Are we a third world country?

HARDLY!!

There is a 2% Medicare levy that everyone pays, this is NOT an imposition on your overall personal wealth.

So grow up and face your responsibilities to your countrymen as a civilised modern nation.

You promulgate the misconcieved notion that you are world leaders in every field and the bastion of all morality! Your questions over something as basic as decent health care for yourselves certainly shows that you are nothing of the kind!

DISGUSTED by your selfcenteredness!

Thank God I don't live in America!!

Answer 2

Yes, it works in every other Industrialised country, in France, Denmark, The UK, Australia, New Zealand and Germany they have Government run healthcare systems, but you can still buy private health insurance if you need want to, but everyone is covered by a Government program and everyone has a right to healthcare, all those countries spend less that half per capita of what the US spends on healthcare and everyone is covered.

Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter and even Republican Richard Nixon all supported Universal Healthcare.

If Franklin Roosevelt had lived to serve his full fourth term, the United States would have had a Medicare-for-All healthcare system for the last 66 years.

Answer 3

No.

I don't believe in punishing success. Why should Americans who work for a living, pay their own bills and their own medical insurance have to foot the bill for the rest? Not only are we supporting those who have never even tried to work a day in their lives or contributed to the system, but our own coverage will suffer as well at their expense. I'm not prepared to throw away my education, career, and the health of my family just because a lot of people won't work for a living.

It's a system that will be left wide open to abuse, just as our current welfare state. We need to revise health care costs first and foremost. Once we do, we'll find the "need" for "social" health care will drop drastically.

Answer 4

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And yes i belive in socialized healthcare. The rich the poor the middle class all deserve the same treatment when it comes to heathcare.

When you look at the costs of healthcare you need to think differntly.

ER insurance is sick care coverage not health care. You can not prevent sickness.

You should be able to have free yearly checkups to prevent illness. By the time you feel symptoms or end up at the hospital its usualy too late. Why not save money by having a doctor in a small office check you.

I just think it is silly to put the large cost of healthcare on one person. If you spread it over many it becomes cheeper, its like buying in bulk its cheeper for everyone.

You should not fear getting sick. Im originaly from Canada where health care is free for all. There are long waits but atleast we are all treated the same. Everyone gets care. You should be able to have health care. to prevent you from needing sick care.

Answer 5

If you want to fix the problem, make a law that states the Congressmen and Senators has the same health care as everytone else.

Answer 6

It makes no sense to continually weaken, suppress and starve the public sector that protects and nutures everything that is essential of American ideals and the American way of life. For example, the roads, dikes, bridges, overpasses and safety requirement to maintain adequate transportation system are being allowed to detriate at an alaming rate.
Universal Health Care is a must because of the ever rising difficulties of securing the economic and social stability in our society that is necessary to carry on with privately funded pensions, investment, distribution of goods and services and health care for everyone.
A first class society can not be maintained with a third class governmental standard of rules and enforcement of those rules and a Second Class private sector that manages government with huge profits and a endless appetite for more consumption and more personal security in the face of social inequality that is obvious, growing and detrimental to the survival of our way of life in The United States of America.
The educational system in the US is also deteriorating in comparison to many other educational systems in other Western Democracies. Our children are not being inadequately educated to power America forward into the future. While the wealthy can afford to send their children to best schools, the middle and lower classes are not able to do so.
Our police departments in America are not functioning in a successful manner to create and maintain peace, progress and harmony at levels to maintain a healthy social system.
The same story is happening throughout our Country except in the richer corners of America.
The writing is on the wall for us. Just take a look around, but use new eyes, or perspectives to see it.
Good question. Thanks.

Answer 7

I think we should get free health care like other countries but we should still have the right to pick the doctors we want.

Answer 8

No let me tell you why, the Government can't run a chicken farm much less a multi million dollar health care system . everything thing they touch turns to crap, because of their incompetence, look at the mess F.E.M.A.; turned out to be. since we already pay income tax a tax that's unconstitutional according to the constitution that they only bring up when it suits them .a universal health system just means ,,the universe is the limit, to how high they'll raise their rip off taxes believe me you don't want these blood suckers to get a hold of more power, their killing us now as it is already..

Answer 9

Yes! Look at the facts. There are 27 industrialized nations. Only the US and South Africa lack universal healthcare.

The US is number 1 in healthcare costs as a percent of GDP. Unfortunately we rank #37 in healthcare performance.

Answer 10

Yes. Unequivocally.