I am confused so please help if you can on health care issue .?

Question

40-50 million people pay no health insurance premiums currently .
That means that 250 million people have coverage provide by the government or private insurance .
Now just because you can not call a doctors office and make an appointment does not mean that you can not go to the county hospital and sit in the waiting room for a day and be seen by a doctor and get medication prescribed by the doctor for free.
This means that the 40-50 million people who do not have Insurance are getting care .

Now it seems that all the democrat reformers of the medical industry are trying to get the government to come in and make it a tax issue rather then a choice issue .

SO by going to universal health care people who have no insurance today will be forced through a tax to pay for part of this care .

SO what democrats are trying to do is make those who have not had to pay so far for medical care to pay by taxing them .

So the democrats want the poor to chip in by taxing them for it .

Answer 1

Nice Try. The 40-50 million uninsured still would not pay, because they are "poor", what it means is that now, I have to pay more in taxes because we have guaranteed them Universal Coverage. So besides my own mandatory health insurance, I have to pay for Pedro's Mandatory health insurance. To top that off, now, Hillary Clinton gets a kick back from all the insurance companies, because she just increased business by 20% in the form of campaign contributions, then when she leaves office, she takes the "war chest" with her to the private sector. Are you getting any of this or should I slow down? Next up is that the Liberals will decide what is on the dollar menu at McDonalds.

Answer 2

I think you may be misunderstanding the issue or maybe I am. I think everyone wants health insurance but some people cannot afford it because the cost of living is outpacing the wages paid. I see a lot of jobs in Massachusetts that pay around $10-$12 an hour and that is not enough to live in MA. The schools here are very expensive. If people have the choice of paying for a place to live and food versus health care then it seems that healthcare would be cut out because of limited funds. When I graduated from college and started work, I did not opt for health insurance because I could not afford it. I was healthy but everyone gets sick. What happens if you get a major illness like cancer? That can put someone into bankruptcy. Health insurance only covers so much. If the person recovers then they have to try to get back on their feet. Don't you think that is a lot for anyone to deal with and do you think it's right that only the rich can recover from something like that? We know that our system works against a lot of people for no fault of their own. Do you believe that? I am dyslexic as are my brothers. I am doing better than my brothers because I received the necessary help. I am very fortunate. I feel a lot of anger because dyslexic is painful. I am very shy. I don't speak well if I am nervous, which is quite often. I'm 33. I've been living with this my entire life. Some people are so mean, rude, and not at all empathetic. I've been bullied and the scars are deep. In fact, someone on here was ridiculing me (I reported him and the 2 commentors). (If I had work at work then I wouldn't be on here. DuH!!!!!! I am a very hard worker. This is the only job I can find where I live that pays well. I loved my previous job and would not have time for this stuff. But it's too far to travel and I would be making less and wouldn't be able to be a grad student. I am taking a break from school because I'm going to Cali with my husband next week. Not that it's any of your business. I'm not speaking to you. I'm really annoyed. I'm sorry. I am. But I am starting to feel better, a tiny bit.)

Answer 3

Very few people who seek care are denied care because they can not pay. But unless they are so poor that they are on medicaid, they end up in bankruptcy (they can't pay, but still get a bill). This leads many to not seek care when they need it making their health worse and its treatment more expensive. Some end up on medicaid because they become too debilitated.

But the current proposed plan is not a tax. It is mandatory private insurance. The premiums go to profit making insurance companies, not government coffers. The insurance companies are loving this. The only part of the plan that involves government is the purchasing or subsidizing of insurance for those that have no means to pay.

Answer 4

No, that would not be the case. Most of the poor are in an income tax bracket that leaves them paying little or nothing. So an increase in taxes would not affect them. For this reason, people who do pay taxes object to paying for someone else's health care. The fact that they already pay by the taxes used to support the county hospital doesn't seem to occur to them. And many of those public hospitals are close to collapse from the burden placed on them to serve those who cannot pay, so at some point, a bailout will be required, which will cost them money again.

Answer 5

Here we go again. Someone who has not heard the details or read the plan are critical. The old scare tactic of tax increase. Future President Hillary Clinton clearly stated that her plan does NOT mean a tax increase. Right now there are people getting health care, what little they get, paid for by us. Under the Democratic plan only the most destitue would pay nothing. Everyone else would pay something even if it is just a little. It would be based on ability to pay. If one is young and fit and able to work, rarely having any medical claim, they are usually much more able to help pay for the care of the elderly and infirmed to have medical care. When the worker is old or becomes ill there will be someone able to help pay for his care too. All this in the form of insurance premiums. If you currently have medical insurance provided by your employer nothing will change. You will be able to keep the same insurance company, be covered and it will be deducted from your pay check just as it is now. Most people who are currently insured won't see any difference. Your employer will still pay into medicare as he does now but instead of medicare those payments will be used for the new private industry based health care system. Conditions and diseases will be detected early enough to be prevented before they get to the point where emergency care is required and where the costs sky rocket. The savings in early detection alone will go a long ways in lowering overall costs.

Finally, while you may not like the plan offered by the Democrats it is obvious that people are not getting quality health care for what ever reason. The Democrats have at least something in the way of a plan. The Republicans, as expected and as usual, have nothing. Had it been something favoring huge industrial companies the GOP would be on it like flies on a pile of dung.

Answer 6

Let's simplify. Everybody pays something. That's a tax just like social security and medi-care.

The government runs it. What has the government EVER run well?

Without discussion of tort reform and serious sanctions against those who bring frivolous and fraudulent lawsuits, there is no fix. Until doctors and hospitals are allowed to do what they are supposed to do without ridiculous over-testing and second-guessing to avoid being sued, and quit having to pay megabucks for malpractice insurance, there is no fix.

Besides, if the U.S. goes to socialized medicine, where will the rest of the world go for timely care???

Answer 7

This article is HUGE:

John Stossel: Whose Body Is It, Anyway? Sick in America

Insurance industry spokeswoman Karen Ignani is eager to report that most people aren't like Readling. Polls show that while people dislike the insurance industry in general, 87 percent of people with health insurance are happy with their coverage. Only 3 percent of health insurance claims are denied, she says.
In his hit documentary "Sicko," Michael Moore focuses on tragic stories of people whose insurance claims have been denied. His prognosis? He calls for "the elimination of private profit-making health insurance companies" and suggests turning over all health-care spending to the government to provide "free" health care to everyone. He goes to countries like Canada and Britain and implies that their socialized systems are far better than that of the United States.

Answer 8

The current debate regarding health care has nothing whatsoever to do with health care. It's about power. Politicians want more power and the way they get it is to make something else a federal issue, e.g. education, the environment, the 'war on drugs', etc., ad infinitum, ad nauseum. Once they get the power to determine what level of health care coverage is minimal, they have more power to set that level and the accompanying taxes to support it, along with the bureaucracy to administer it.
Wake up sheeple! We need the FairTax and we need term limits.

Answer 9

If I have read the proposals correctly, the dems are actually going to lifting tax cuts on those making over $250,000 annually in order to pay for this program. But I don't see it as being that easy. Everybody will end up paying for it in a big way.

Answer 10

Whoever wants/uses it should pay for it. Just like a car -- nobody has a right to force me to pay for his. (And if he did, he wouldn't take as good care of it, either.)

just because something exists doesn't mean everybody has to buy it for everybody else.

Besides, if we can't afford health care, how can we afford health insurance (which is inherently a lot more expensive than the care itself, since it pays for not only the care, but all the bureaucracy surrounding it)?