Those of you who claim we need Universal Heath Care...?

Question

claim we are "denying health care" to Americans. I ask again, who do you know has been "denied" health care? Before you change it to "we are denied the "best" possible health care, are you a medical doctor? If not, then don't try that lame excuse, just answer the question as to who exactly gets "denied" health care...

Don C: So you just want the government to pay for it and buy the kids their presents? Guess what, that money comes from the taxpayer.

Cloud: same as before, but with class (something you neither possess or understand). you are a troll and can't make a valid argument, your example just makes my point for me, she was not denied coverage, she just had to pay more. Universal Health Care would ensure she gets the "bare bones" treatment, how is that better?

Mevlana: I spent five years of my life with no insurance and do have a good policy now. Even if I become a "have not" again, I will not blame it on my government, I don't look for handouts. My situation is my situation. I'm not saying the system doesn't have flaws, but universal care doesn't solve them. If you want watered down health care and absolutely no choice in your care giver, then by all means support it. Perhaps, you should look into what it could mean a little more before deciding it solves the problems.

Answer 1

No one gets "denied" healthcare.

Answer 2

The only health care they will give you in the ER is enough to make you stable enough to leave the ER. Not everything that can be done (ie all the tests needed, etc) but only the minimum of medicines and tests and treatments, because they have to treat everyone regardless of insurance or ability to pay, but if it is coming out of their pockets...they WILL try to limit the amount of the loss. Older Americans who are too young for medicare, but too old for medicaid are often denied jobs (because they raise the insurance premiums for the company doing the hiring) esp. if you have a previous condition like cancer, heart disease, diabetes...they don't want to hire you or give you medical insurance...Minimum health care is not the best or optimum health care. And yes, I worked in health care field (before I got cancer and older). You don't have to be a doctor to realize this. You will find out some day, when you get older and have a serious health condition comeup, and find out how fast they will fire you (supposedly for another reason..so they don't pay unemployment)... and when that day comes you will realize how uninformed you are about this... but it will be too late then. There are the haves and the have nots...It is easy to judge when you are one of the "haves" and think you will never be one of the "have nots"...When you are one of the "well" and think you will never become one of the "ill" or "disabled"...Stuff happens and you don't plan on it.

EDIT- And also people with health insurance through companies get a reduced rate when the insurance company negociates the rates down for their subscribers with the doctors, labs and hospitals, so everyone without insurance has to make up the difference and pay higher prices for the same care...that is not fair either...

Answer 3

We ought to wake up and realize that we pay for health care whether we like it or not. The problem is that we pay too much because the poor only get health care after they are sick and it costs more to cure them. With a good health care system we can have preventive health care which would catch problems early and save the public a great deal of money. It is narrow minded to believe that taking care of folks before they get critically ill is expensive. A good health care system is actually far more cost effective.

Answer 4

People who can't afford it. If a child is born into a poor family, he or she will not even have adequate healthcare to make "pulling themselves up by their bootstraps" (an ironic phrase, as doing so is a physical impossibility) possible.

One of the big problems is that people who work hard every day still can't afford coverage, and if they can, it's bare-bones. If they have a heart attack, they'll get initial treatment, but medication? Not on the health plan. Lots of people are injured on the job and need three or four operations, but only one or two are actually covered by insurance, so they can't even get treated, heal fully, and go back to work (this is the economic argument for universal health coverage -- we'll produce more if everyone's healthy).

Answer 5

I HAVE!!! My Grandparents and mother are paying close to a $1000 dollars a month on medication for my seizures, plus hospital stays, doctor bills, and brain surgery, which I have more of coming. The government will not help me. I can't even get food stamps. I'm unable to work, drive, live alone, or anything. SO I AM THE ONE WHO HAS BEEN DENIED!!!

Answer 6

Mitt Romney has a great plan that is already working in Massachusetts. It involves a bit of innovation at the State level. But he managed to get health insurance coverage for everyone in his state.

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Answer 7

Millions of Americans are denied health care for various reasons. People don't like to see their names on the net.

Answer 8

Its not a matter of who gets denied

its a matter of who just can't afford to go and dies prematurely because of it

or who will not get a Christmas present because Daddys rupture costs $65,000

or who will not eat properly because Mom has cervical cancer

Wake up

just because you have good coverage doesn't mean everyone does

Answer 9

Correct - we HAVE universal health care.

They are arguing for universal health insurance.

It's a very different question.