Hey everyone! Are you ready for some cool free health care and a chicken in every pot?

Question

Where in blazes do you think all this money is going to come from?

Have you even thought about it?

Ok...I'll give an example of what some answers will look like...

"Duh, if we pull out of Iraq and..."

OR

"Duh, if Bushco wouldn't be after oil...."

OR

"Duh, if the government wasn't so big..."

There! I saved you dems the trouble of trouble of trying to sound witty.

SERIOUSLY....Who's going to pay for it? What if our tax burden is too high now?

Vaughn, everything I own is paid for including my home "DUH" How's YOUR budget.

Let's not forget who invests the most heavily in health care and pharmacuticles

Answer 1

Not me! Our country already has enough trouble.

Answer 2

No, real money not really available to expand healthcare when you have pay interest on the national debt. Healthcare in socialized system have rules, and regulations similar to private insurance plans in the Untied States, and you free healthcare there no such thing as free healthcare, free education, free roads, free water because those things cost money to run, or maintain those items. Still, the America would be better off breaking the link between health insurance and employment as a factor for health insurance. The system in the Netherlands or France is where the Untied States should look at because the private insurance is providing most of the care in those countries, but they regulate it ensure private insurance companies cant cherry pick payers, and require payments based patient complex medical conditions. If the issue is complex the payment is higher, and if patient is simple to treat the payments to provider is lower. The Sen. Wydan, and Robert Bennet bill SC 332 , I think is the direction to go, and Bush has the right idea of employer sponsored coverage from employment. I’m a centrist on healthcare, and realize single payer system is not possible or sellable to the American public. Universal coverage thru the use of free markets is possible with the correct government regulations, and getting rid of employer sponsored coverage will result in lower cost if done correctly because when the collusion is gone between employer, and insurance plan it makes the insurance company a lot sensitive to market conditions.

Answer 3

Check out some graphs of the 2006 budget. Do you *honestly* think that over half of all our money needs to be going to the Department of Defense? Defense is important, but is it 1/2 of EVERYTHING important?

In fact, according to the website below:
* A panel of career military experts says cutting $60 billion from the Pentagon budget not only would not harm our defense, but might enhance our national security, and

• The Pentagon budget is [currently] so unaccountable that not only can the Dept. of Defense not pass an audit, its books are in such bad shape that an audit cannot be performed.

If you really think even *considering* that is the equivalent of saying "Duh," then I would hate to get a look at *your* budget.

Answer 4

Bush and the neocon's are hiding all the money they stole from Iraq's wonderful leader Saddam, if they'd share some of thier neo-con gold with the people instead of hording it then we could afford national healthcare.

To be serious, lets face it most people think the goverment has a limitless supply of money (one could argue they do since if they need some more they can take it at gun point from "the rich"

Answer 5

This would be the the end.
Now all the leader of the countries that have this would not have a place to come to get the best Health care like they do now. As the losers like our left have to Wait in long time lines to get poor HC.
Put if it was a T Bone steak on the grill I might have to think about taking it away from the welfare and any one who votes Democrat so they can feel better about them self knowing they are giving to me for a great cause.
I want them to feel good and be validated for their caring so give it to me you Commie losers of the left.

Answer 6

actually thats wierd, im an extreme liberal and i was talking to an extreme conservative and we both agreed on this, minimal health care, so that the everbody would be covered for doctor visits and some priscriptions, and the health car and budgets would be cut from prision health care and taxes (unfortunately) raised, its not possible to be like canada because we need to have competion in america's medical field, why do you think we have the best cancer center in the world right here in houston, texas see?

Answer 7

I would much rather spend the money on our citizens here, than have it go someplace else.

How? If it needs to be taxes, so be it. As long as we can cut out all the extras. Like what you say? A Teacup Museum.

If you don't want free health care, then come up with a way to make if affordable at least.

As for the chicken on every pot, are we referring to food stamps? If we are, please keep in mind that there are over 21,000 military families on that.

Answer 8

Try this one on for size.
The American government already spends 330 billion a year on a welfare medical program, that most private practices no longer accept, because the government is far too slow at cutting checks as payment.
Where do these people go for health care?
hmmm...ummmmm....well lets see...try the emergency room which costs far more than the average doctor visit.
this is why most Emergency rooms now have a triage to separate the peopel with the real emergencies from the people who only go there, because it is one of the few remaining places that accept welfare medical cards.

Now you give these folks an incentive like regular insurance has to actually go to a private practice for non-emergencies, like any medical insurance policy has....higher co-pay, and deductibles for emergency room visits, along with more efficient service and payment to providers, that come from insurance companies, the tax payer saves a bundle.
Now while the tax payer saves a bundle on the money we already pay for welfare recipients using the ER for preventative health care, we also save huge on our own medical bills. WHAT??? HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
Well simple.
first, it is more likely that a person who has no access to health care, will be sicker longer than someone who does. This increases the chances of you or I running into them and getting ill. If they have access, this decreases this risk and reduces our own doctor visits. Even one less doctor visit a year is a considerable savings.
Second, it is estimated that over 50% of all bankruptcies are related in some way to medical bills. What do you think happens when a person files bankruptcy? You think the debt-holder just takes it as a loss and moves on? No, they pass these losses onto all of us in the form of higher costs. Now this doesn't just occur with medical bills, but any other goods and services, that they file on. So now since they aren't filing as many bankruptcies, businesses don't experience the pinch, that they have to pass onto their customers, prices of goods and services fall.
And number 3, medical costs fall.
next we have a situation with insurance. Insurance prices are attributed to risk. If you are a higher risk, your rates increase, and theoretically, if you are a lower risk, your rate decrease, or are lower. One factor that effects your own medical rates, is your own health obviously. The second, are nationwide statistics that tell insurance comapnies what kind of risk each person is, by referencing the total amount of illnesses they pay for, by the total population. If risk goes up that the insurance company will have to pay for a certain illness, your rates go up. If the risk goes down, well theoretically your rates should go down. Now providing greater access to medical treatment to all people lowers those statistics and makes your risk of getting ill far less. See the relationship here?
Finally, when frequency of illness is less, and rate do go down, businesses aren't charged as much for group health care benefits, which increases profit, and may lower the price of their products and services.
Add tax incentives to businesses for offering group policies, and now lower income people have more money to spend into the economy(the same as lowering taxes if you are in to Reaganomics)....you have a win-win situtation.

Answer 9

I have the answer!!

The money is going to come out of our pockets and into the pockets of ALL of Hillary's friends.

If we think we've got it bad now, just want until Hillary signs contracts for Tylenol at $5 a piece.

Answer 10

Every revolutionary ends up by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic.