...that we can't afford healthcare to our own citizens. The govt. gladly subsidizes big fat corporations (agri-businesses like big farmers etc.) but won't even think of subsidizing health-care....ppl. go bankrupt...land up on streets...with their credit as well as lives ruined...what do u think?
2007-04-28 07:29:13 · 9 answers · asked by Sh00nya 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
As far as healthcare, it's the most expensive system in the world, primarily due to frivilous lawsuits. Talk to Presidential candidate John Edwards about that (he made about $50 million from suing hospitals and doctors). Maybe if we could do something about this, it would be more affordable. And, it's not the government that would be paying for YOUR healthcare ... it would be ME (taxpayers). I'm not certain I want to pay for your healthcare. I pay for my own, you should do the same.
If the government didn't subsidize corporations, products provided by those corporations would cost more (like food, clothing, energy, etc.). And, these subsidizes come from MY taxes. So, I agree with you. Let's cut the subsidizies (and, cut my taxes) so you can pay more for all this stuff.
2007-04-29 13:06:23 · answer #1 · answered by jdkilp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have the most expensive healthcare in the world, yet we rank only 36th, overall (and even Cuba has a lower infant mortality rate than the US). It is inexcusable and should be an embarrassment to all Americans.
We are also the most scientifically illiterate of all the developed nations, and our economy is going bankrupt while China surges forward, increasing its influence on world economics (not to mention buying up all of our notes and, therefore, in a position to hold us hostage, economically) and politics (China has a higher ‘favorable’ ranking among the nations of the world than the US).
Rank (healthcare) Country
1 France
2 Italy
3 San Marino
4 Andorra
5 Malta
6 Singapore
7 Spain
8 Oman
9 Austria
10 Japan
11 Norway
12 Portugal
13 Monaco
14 Greece
15 Iceland
16 Luxembourg
17 Netherlands
18 United Kingdom
19 Ireland
20 Switzerland
21 Belgium
22 Colombia
23 Sweden
24 Cyprus
25 Germany
26 Saudi Arabia
27 United Arab Emirates
28 Israel
29 Morocco
30 Canada
31 Finland
32 Australia
33 Chile
34 Denmark
35 Dominica
36 Costa Rica
37 United States of America
38 Slovenia
39 Cuba
40 Brunei
41 New Zealand
42 Bahrain
43 Croatia
44 Qatar
45 Kuwait
46 Barbados
47 Thailand
48 Czech Republic
49 Malaysia
50 Poland
51 Dominican Republic
52 Tunisia
53 Jamaica
54 Venezuela
55 Albania
56 Seychelles
57 Paraguay
58 South Korea
59 Senegal
60 Philippines
61 Mexico
62 Slovakia
63 Egypt
64 Kazakhstan
65 Uruguay
66 Hungary
67 Trinidad and Tobago
68 Saint Lucia
69 Belize
70 Turkey
71 Nicaragua
72 Belarus
73 Lithuania
74 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
75 Argentina
76 Sri Lanka
77 Estonia
78 Guatemala
79 Ukraine
80 Solomon Islands
81 Algeria
82 Palau
83 Jordan
84 Mauritius
85 Grenada
86 Antigua and Barbuda
87 Libya
88 Bangladesh
89 Macedonia
90 Bosnia-Herzegovina
91 Lebanon
92 Indonesia
93 Iran
94 Bahamas
95 Panama
96 Fiji
97 Benin
98 Nauru
99 Romania
100 Saint Kitts and Nevis
101 Moldova
102 Bulgaria
103 Iraq
104 Armenia
105 Latvia
106 Yugoslavia
107 Cook Islands
108 Syria
109 Azerbaijan
110 Suriname
111 Ecuador
112 India
113 Cape Verde
114 Georgia
115 El Salvador
116 Tonga
117 Uzbekistan
118 Comoros
119 Samoa
120 Yemen
121 Niue
122 Pakistan
123 Micronesia
124 Bhutan
125 Brazil
126 Bolivia
127 Vanuatu
128 Guyana
129 Peru
130 Russia
131 Honduras
132 Burkina Faso
133 Sao Tome and Principe
134 Sudan
135 Ghana
136 Tuvalu
137 Ivory Coast
138 Haiti
139 Gabon
140 Kenya
141 Marshall Islands
142 Kiribati
143 Burundi
144 China
145 Mongolia
146 Gambia
147 Maldives
148 Papua New Guinea
149 Uganda
150 Nepal
151 Kyrgystan
152 Togo
153 Turkmenistan
154 Tajikistan
155 Zimbabwe
156 Tanzania
157 Djibouti
158 Eritrea
159 Madagascar
160 Vietnam
161 Guinea
162 Mauritania
163 Mali
164 Cameroon
165 Laos
166 Congo
167 North Korea
168 Namibia
169 Botswana
170 Niger
171 Equatorial Guinea
172 Rwanda
173 Afghanistan
174 Cambodia
175 South Africa
176 Guinea-Bissau
177 Swaziland
178 Chad
179 Somalia
180 Ethiopia
181 Angola
182 Zambia
183 Lesotho
184 Mozambique
185 Malawi
186 Liberia
187 Nigeria
188 Democratic Republic of the Congo
189 Central African Republic
190 Myanmar
http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html
2007-04-28 14:39:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I agree that healthcare is a problem. When there are uninsured children in the United States, it is a grim reminder that there are many improvements that must happen in order to make this country truly great, despite our super-inflated self image.
2007-04-28 14:40:17 · answer #3 · answered by Bryan H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a travesty. We are the only industrialized nation in the world without nationalized health care. It isn't just the poor anymore, it is the middle class as well.
2007-04-28 14:40:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes that is a contradiction isn't it! Funny how most people still believe it. Must me the media's repetitive messages that say we are people believe. Brainwashed Americans don't know how to read between the lines!
2007-04-28 14:33:15 · answer #5 · answered by perrrfection 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I guess you want every hospital run like Walter Reed, huh?
2007-04-28 14:42:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the government should pay for my internet service and my cable service and my cell phone service and my taxes
2007-04-28 15:18:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that you're not the sharpest knife in the drawer
2007-04-28 14:49:43 · answer #8 · answered by proffesorlibtardo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is why I may vote for Hillary Clinton.
2007-04-28 14:36:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋