In the States, is this a good thing or a bad thing?
2007-03-06 02:36:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
National health care is a must for everyone in America. It must be a government-run program and it must be a prototype of Canada's system. Right now, the only way one can get good health care is if you either have a great health insurance policy, medicaid or medicare or a bagful of money. The insurance companies actually MAKE money on their customers and it has to stop now. I think it is the greed that really makes me sick! I am one of those who, at the present, does not have health insurance and I don't have medicaid and I am unemployed. I do have one thing that a lot of people in similar circumstances as I don't have - I am highly educated and I am looking at every opportunity that comes my way.
We must get big business out of our medical and health care coverage. In 1993 we forced our congressmen and senators to vote against such a program - because of the cost, but now it is a must. We don't have another choice these days.
2007-03-06 03:09:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Tennessee tried this and it was a pit the more money just kept being thrown into.
That program was called TENNCARE.
If you want to see subsidized health care go bad just type in Tenncare in your preferred search engine and see what comes up.
If the American people are willing to police this kind of program diligently- it might work.
The problem with government provided health care for all that can't afford it is all the people that can afford health care that will abuse the system. Or people that will abuse medical care just to receive prescription medications to sell or abuse themselves.
After thinking another moment it occurred to me that all public assistance programs in this country have not only the potential for abuse but show the signs of repeated abuse for extended periods of time.
2007-03-06 10:46:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Doctors provide health care, not the government. Government may provide payment to the doctors, but not the actual care.
2. Whenever the government subsidizes anything, it leads to an artificially increased demand (above that for which there is adequate supply at market prices), which results in shortages. That is why socialized health care plans tend to have long wait periods.
2007-03-06 16:35:15 · answer #3 · answered by Biz Iz 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The wait for health care,diagnostic,treatments etc. are paid at a lower price and profit therefore the lines are long and still the people with money get in first . If you are a doctor will you work for half the money? The real culprit is LAWYERS. Stop taking money for lawsuits turn it back into health care almost everyone could afford it.
2007-03-06 10:54:47 · answer #4 · answered by norbie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a great thing, if we can afford it. But who can afford it? And besides, when you give people free things they don't appreciate it, abuse it, and then get this entitlement mentality. Others end up supporting them for life. Those who earn pay for those who don't. We spend trillions for our social entitlements and nobody ever outgrows it or becomes free of it. It just creates further government dependence and eventually bankrupts the treasury.
2007-03-06 10:52:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a very bad thing, in the manner that's being proposed. First of all, nobody in the US is denied necessary health care because of inability to pay. Many programs already exist, and it is illegal for a facility to to deny emergency care.
The reason that socialized medicine works where it exists is because US consumers foot the brunt of the bill for medical research, advances, and high standards.
2007-03-06 10:48:29 · answer #6 · answered by Rob D 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is a great idea, its about time that the US government starting thinking about the poor in this country. I am all for it!!
2007-03-06 11:27:13 · answer #7 · answered by Urchin 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
WHY IS EVERY ONE ACTING LIKE WE DON'T HAVE MEDICAID. ALL THOSE THAT CAN'T AFFORD HEALTH CARE JUST GO TO THE WELFARE OFFICE AND SIGN UP FOR MEDICAID. THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY IN NY DOES. WHY DO YOU THINK WE HAVE SUCH A HIGH ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT POPULATION? WE ALREADY HAVE SOCIALIZED MEDICINE FOR THE POOR.
2007-03-06 10:41:55 · answer #8 · answered by strike_eagle29 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Medi-care/Medicaid? No?
Arent there also, free clinics?
Plus emergency will not turn people away if they are truly in need of assistance.
2007-03-06 10:57:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course. It helps to prevent epidemics for one thing ...
2007-03-06 10:40:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋