The reason I ask is .... Today my wife and I tried to find a pediatrician for our newborn. We called every doctor in town, and NONE of them are accepting new patients. We finally found someone after about 100 phone calls....but my newborn won't get to see a doctor for another two months ! She's already 2 months old.
I just don't see how the healthcare system could get any worse than it already is...no matter what system we go to anything has to be better than what we have currently.
2007-08-01 09:55:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
You get universal health care and you will get worse service and much much much higher taxes. Why do you think so many people from Canada come here for health issues? I dated a woman from Canada and she told me the system was awful and you had to wait for serious things like heart problems.
2007-08-01 09:59:42 · answer #1 · answered by JAY O 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Check out the 3 to 6 month wait times in Canada and England for medical services. Why do You think the rest of the world comes here for treatment. If the Libs have their way the majority of us will get a quick check at some run down clinic while those in the know get specialized treatment and all the goodies. Look at how congress has given itself a great medica care program while permitting corporations to shut down their medical coverage and push everything on the taxpayers. While the average American lost retirement and health care benefits the politicians enjoyed big payoffs from corporations and insurance companies. Today the pill pushers have more salespeople visiting doctors and passing out goodies than Avon ever had. The reps get big rewards for getting doctors to prescribe the expensive stuff instead of the generic stuff and naturally the little guy pays the bill.
2007-08-01 10:04:23 · answer #2 · answered by mr conservative 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Next time you call around tell them you are cash pay.
Physicians make more money that way so they might add you as a new patient.
The problem with healthcare is money.
Healthcare costs are outracing inflation.
I had some simple stiches about 3 months ago.
It cost me $800.
Universal Health is not the answer.
All it will do is this:
Bankrupt who pays for it: employers or govt.
Hospitals and insur companies will get rich.
None of the presidential candidates will dare to suggest the answer to the healthcare crisis: Price Controls.
2007-08-01 10:02:24 · answer #3 · answered by Cal 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The only reason it would have an increased wait time is because everyone that was rejected are now accepted.
Which is better for the country as a whole? 50% of the population can receive Healthcare or 100% of the population can receive Healthcare?
So the select people that can afford Healthcare, would gladly spit and piss on everyone else that is rejected to protect their own way of life?
These defective morals that society has given into are whats causing America to decay at the very core from the inside out.
2007-08-01 10:10:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Politicians are only paying attention to the polls. They vote with the polls in order to get re-elected. People in Massachusetts acknowledge the flaws of their healthcare system, but everyone else in this country doesn't know that because this system hasn't reached them yet. Most Americans aren't that smart, and they don't look into things. They simply look at the book's front cover, and when they see "98% of Massachusetts residents are insured", they think it's great and don't bother to look at the reality. The politicians are too lazy to inform the American people the truth, and they just go with the people's incomplete knowledge. If I were to name two politicians who are innocent of this, they would be John McCain and Ron Paul. These two men look in depth into not only healthcare, but just about every issue they encounter. They don't simply do what the people want. The truth is that if the people were to decide everything that happens in this country, then politicians would just be puppets. What's the point. Politicians have to be smart, look into DETAILS of what they are doing, and using their good judgement to make a decision. Unfortunately most of our politicians are puppets. Another problem is that most liberal politicians really don't understand the healthcare system. They don't understand the concepts of health care costs and the insurance system. If anyone understands, it would be a politician who favors some of the republican proposals. For example, medical malpractice reform would significantly reduce the malpractice insurance hospitals and private clinics have to pay, and therefore dramatically reduce the expenses patients have to pay. Simply setting a medical lawsuit cap of $2 million (which I think is reasonable even for the worst case of death) will solve so many problems. Liberals (who claim to support bipartisanship, including the president himself) are arrogant and refuse to listen to this excellent republican proposal.
2016-05-20 02:28:35 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Government social programs have no profit incentive and constantly run "in the red," meaning at a loss. Since government has a seemingly endless pot of funding, cuts are rarely made and cruddy plans continue to run even though they are a completely inefficient waste of money. The folks who plan government programs have absolutely no incentive to plan something that works; only to implement some type of feel good vision.
Private companies almost always can offer a good or service much cheaper and efficiently then government because if they were to run in the red even for a short period of time, people would be fired, shareholders would be pissed, and the company could go bankrupt.
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
2007-08-01 10:12:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anthony A 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That sounds terrible. I'm guessing you live in an over populated area. Maybe you should try doctors out of the immediate area. I don't have any kids but I do have health care through my employer.
If everyone had healthcare, just think of how far you would have to travel from a place like NY/NY to get care for your newborn.
Think of it like any other government office. The DMV or the Post Office. Lines and lines of people and people who are supposed to take care of you but couldn't care less whether you get served because they deal with the hoardes of people EVERY DAY.
Plus the tax increase to pay for someone who can't afford something makes my skin crawl Just like welfare or food stamps.
2007-08-01 10:03:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Baby boom in your town? Didn't you have 9 months to prepare for this? It's like you have to make an appointment while your baby was still a fetus with no name. lol ok I'm kidding. It's frustrating but a doctor can only handle so many patients. Sometimes it really helps if you get a referral. Say if your OB/GYN can refer you to a pediatrician s/he knows, then they might squeeze you in.
2007-08-01 10:07:22 · answer #8 · answered by averagebear 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Universal health care would not add doctors to your area. It may or may not force doctors to take new patients, however neither situation would make your wait time shorter. Inversely, since the number of doctors remains the same but more people can now afford to go, wait times would go up.
2007-08-01 10:08:01 · answer #9 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Interesting question. The hard part is that wait times for general practioners and pediatricians would likely go down, but wait times for major and high-tech surgeries would go up.
I'll give you one guess where the money is.
And that's why we're not getting Univ. Healthcare in the US.
2007-08-01 10:12:23 · answer #10 · answered by Pepper 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋