2007-07-16 06:04:54 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Who wrote these words?
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America
"Promote the general welfare", uh? Doesn't seem to me that the United States of America is doing anything for the general welfare of it's citizens when it comes to health care.
2007-07-16 06:17:06 · answer #1 · answered by Global warming ain't cool 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Better do a little looking around, hon.
The United States is the only industrialized nation that does not guarantee access to health care as a right of citizenship. 28 industrialized nations have single payer universal health care systems.
Time for us to get with the program.
Nobody wants stupid HMOs. Doctors don't. Patients don't.
The United States spends at least 40% more per capita on health care than any other industrialized country with universal health care.
Federal studies by the Congressional Budget Office and the General Accounting office show that single payer universal health care would save 100 to 200 Billion dollars per year despite covering all the uninsured and increasing health care benefits.
Around 30% of Americans have problem accessing health care due to payment problems or access to care, far more than any other industrialized country. About 17% of our population is without health insurance. About 75% of ill uninsured people have trouble accessing/paying for health care.
2007-07-16 16:24:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first universal health insurance system was forged and passed in 1883 by an archconservative, Germany's Otto von Bismarck. He and other nineteenth-century conservative leaders in Europe were early advocates of universal access to medical services, for they saw such services as a practical means to secure a more vigorous work force and recruit healthier soldiers.
http://cthealth.server101.com/health_care_for_all_-_a_conservative_case.htm
2007-07-16 13:10:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Do you think only the rich should have healthcare? Do you think that not being able to afford healthcare makes a person not worthy of living or having treatment?
2007-07-16 13:13:22 · answer #4 · answered by ouranticipation 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is a very old concept. In fact our founding fathers used the term "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"..... for many, having health care is important to life. It does provide us with a certain freedom, and it is important in our pursuit of happiness.
2007-07-16 13:15:08 · answer #5 · answered by truth seeker 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The New Deal established by FDR was the first entitlement programs....got us out of the Great Depression.
2007-07-16 13:10:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Probably a Clinton
2007-07-16 13:12:53 · answer #7 · answered by booman17 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Probably some pinko nut, like the one who linked 'deserve' with 'freedom' or 'opportunity'.
2007-07-16 13:10:31 · answer #8 · answered by snoweagleltd 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
hmmm, i might answer this but i see you're one of those pot shotters who lurk behind a private screen and only come out to troll.
2007-07-16 13:10:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i gotta go with one of our greatest prez's and the one who turned everything into a right. hate to say it, but it's gotta be my boy, FDR, (sorry frank, but it's allll on you).
2007-07-16 13:16:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋