Example - the price of an American car is increased by $1,500 due to health care costs. This puts US manufacturers at an automatic disadvantage compared with Japanese and German auto makers, whose workers enjoy some form of universal health care.
Is there another way?
2007-05-15 02:41:39 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
You can only solve the problem by making people healthier. As a nation, we're going bankrupt. We're already bankrupt, actually, but we're just making it even worse with these sky-high health care costs. You can't take away a nation of degenerative brain disorder sufferers and a whole generation of children who have been born with malfunctioning nervous systems because of the malnutrition the mothers have been experiencing.
2007-05-15 02:54:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Hmm, I was going to flat out say no but you make a good point. The only thing is that Universal Health Care will end up making our taxes higher. Just look at other nations. Finland has fantastic healthcare benefits for citizens but their tax rate is about 60%. And do you really want the government to know your health problems. I'd rather pay the extra one time $1500. Actually, I want American car makers to improve their line up first.
*Did you know that one reason healthcare is so expense is because of all the mandatory benefits that carriers must include. There are federal and state mandates that they must include in the healthplans which increase cost.
2007-05-15 02:56:28 · answer #2 · answered by Jasmine 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As far as American Automotive Manufacturers are concerned it's called a superior product - not health care. If the American companies decided to put quality before quantity - that alone would make a difference. Where are your facts for this statement? All union workers have health care. Check the prices - all have increased; American, Asian & European.
2007-05-15 02:52:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Let me get this straight. You want to raise taxes on the working man so big companies can be more competitive in the global market? Try this, lets get government out of the health care business. Change tort law to immunize doctors, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies from liability in law suits. Allow individuals to tailor their own health care policies, which would allow 70 year old women to opt out of pregnancy insurance, straight males to opt out of AIDS insurance, and let the market work. The idea that I should pay higher taxes so GM Ford and Mc Donalds can sell more product overseas is somewhat fascist, don't you think?
2007-05-15 02:48:36 · answer #4 · answered by espreses@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
If we had "government" healthcare we would have to charge $3,000 more, not a good idea.
ANd the factual truth to the cost difference are union benefits, not healthcare,
but nice try at a big lie, keep working on it, but don't hope for a spot in the ruling elite just yet.
2007-05-15 07:35:48 · answer #5 · answered by rmagedon 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Good question. It might be good if the American people would accept a system like that. I am afraid we have been so spoiled we would make it so expensive that it would bankrupt the country and not just some industries. I'm not sure our greedy society would accept one of those systems like they have.
2007-05-15 02:50:30 · answer #6 · answered by GABY 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That's a stretch, if you want watered down medical treatment by all means keep supporting universal health care.
2007-05-15 03:05:50 · answer #7 · answered by Scott B 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
How about charging the $1500 as a tarriff on foreign cars
2007-05-15 02:47:30 · answer #8 · answered by Deidre K 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Wow never thought of that. intesting thought.
2007-05-15 02:56:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋