Why do conservatives continue to believe that health care in this country is so great?

Question

When life expectancy here now ranks 41 places behind other countries, according to the Associated Press.

Answer 1

The conservatives who believe the US health care system is great have not had to get a mortgage on their mothers house to pay for life saving surgery!
I think that they would have a little different attitude and more compassion if they did.

Answer 2

I've never had any problems being treated when I need care! Matter of fact, just last weekend I was doing some work around the house and sliced open a finger with a tool. Took longer to get to the Urgent Care Clinic, (beach traffic on a Saturday can be a nighmare!) than it did to be seen and treated with 4 stiches.
And by using my self-paid health insurance, my treatment was $20 co-pay, and the pain prescription was $4 co-pay. So, by me being clumsy and cutting my finger, I had medical treatment on a Saturday afternoon, and it was only $24 out of pocket......so why isn't that just great?

Answer 3

What, is this the liberal talking point for the day?

Life expectancy and the quality of the health care system are not necessarily related. A hospital can do little to help you if you eat twice as much as you should, smoke 3 packs a day, drink like a fish, take drugs, and live in an area where you have a good chance of being shot or stabbed.

Lighthearted, great article. Now, if we could ever teach liberals to read, they might understand what is being said and why Canadian-style health care won't work here.

Answer 4

I'm predominantly "conservative". However, it doesn't mean I have to agree or disagree with some one large mass on every political and social issue. Personally, I feel healthcare in the US is pretty poor. But the US life expectancy rate being ranked at 41 actually has little to do with that, and moreso to do with the unhealthy lifestyles a very large portion of Americans live. Those are the facts, not veiled masqueraded drone propaganda most of you spew all over the place.

Answer 5

From personal experience on my part. Mother is a cancer survivor, sister has MS and needs to be on a $1,200 month drug to attempt to arrest the symptoms. Yes it cost them a bit for health insurance but it worked. Now if all these plans to take more money out their pockets to go for others they WILL suffer because of it. They have no problem budgeting themselves accordingly and they help others when they can. But it's very difficult to accepted paying for other health care when those others will spend hours in line for $600 iphone, spend thousands on video games and well...basically live off of others so they can get health care.

And by the way our family average life expectancy is 98, it is the choices individuals make that make life what is or isn't.

Answer 6

I took some Levitra Friday night and have had a hard on ever since. I called my doctor Saturday morning, me and my hard on are still waiting for him to return my call. I notice that the GOP, in general, does not accept reality very well, instead in most cases they choose to insert their own reality to fit the party line thinking. If you have the money we do have good health care but when millions of Americans can't afford health care, something is wrong. A for profit health care system encourages greed and that's just what we get. Money men should not be managing health care.

Answer 7

Don't be surprised - conservatives rarely change their beliefs in the face of evidence that they're wrong. Because they are ideologically based, rather than pragmatic, they will typically make excuses for the defects in their policies, and blame it on Bill Clinton. They'll challenge the veracity of your statistics (I saw the same article in today's paper), or blast the media for printing anti-American propaganda, or bash you as a liberal pinko commie defeatist. Anything but admit failure. Sure capitalism takes care of the citizens' health needs - as long as you're healthy and rich.

Answer 8

It's called denial.There are several defining characteristics that identify the possibility that a patient may be in denial. Some examples include pretending something does not exist when in reality it does. Being willing to admit there is a problem, but unwilling to see the severity of it. Seeing the problem as being caused by something or someone else. The behavior is not denied, but its cause is someone else's responsibility. Offering excuses, alibis, justifications, and other explanations for behavior. Dealing with the problem on a general level; avoiding personal and emotional awareness of the situations or conditions. Changing the subject to avoid threatening topics. Becoming angry and irritable when reference is made to the condition. These defining characteristics help to avoid the issue at hand

Answer 9

A for profit health care system is evil both in inception and in practice.
What is so hard to understand about that?
The reality is it is the interests that are making money off this corrupt system are the ones that fund the right wing talking heads to belittle this and other serious topics of debate.
So you just need to consider the source, their true source.

Answer 10

Life expectancy is lower because people are so fat. But health care is so great in the U.S. because you can get into an ER immediately or see a Dr. immediatly. In Socialized heathcare, the waits can be months to get care.