The richest, most succesful country in the world lets it poorest citizens die through lack of universal medical care. Europeans can go into hospital, be treated and leave without paying a cent; all funded through taxes but saving each country a fortune with a healthy population. Their doctors are top earners and worth it.
Why do Americans have to suffer?
2007-09-22 12:23:08 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
How many hours did they wait in line?
How many months did it take to get their appointment?
How many have become worse or died due to waiting?
Although it sounds great........you really need to investigate and see who is really suffering.
2007-09-22 12:50:25 · answer #1 · answered by Isabella 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you need to do a little more research. You say Europeans don't pay a thing. Do you know what they pay in taxes?? Our system worked well for us in the past, but a growing population with dependence on entitlements will probably force us into an eventual govenment insurance plan. Then you will find that the sick and the healthy will both suffer from unbearable taxes. We will indeed pay for our medical care, but our money will be filtered through the complicated machinery of D. C. and there will be a lot of waste. Now if you think our present system lets its poor citizens die, you should visit all the hospital emergency rooms which by law cannot turn away patients, and do not. And you should visit nursing homes where we probably have hundreds of thousands of poor and elderly being cared for with the government Medicare funds. Be patient.
Change will come, but you may wish it had not.
2007-09-22 20:04:44 · answer #2 · answered by AuntyUp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, we are no longer the richest, no longer the most successful country in the world. We are not the only country with rich people. We are not the only industrialized nation with poor and sick and dying people. Is it a shame on all humanity when we allow others to die or starve when we can do something about that, you bet, but consider something...
Taxpayers pay the bill for National health care. Most of the people who will need to receive these benefits will not earn or not be able to earn enough money to pay taxes or will pay very little in taxes and will not as a result, help support the National health care plan. Leaving the financial burden on the shoulders of the overburdened, overtaxed and overwhelmed and overworked middle class. We are agreed that something needs to be done, but we are at fault for the high costs. Lawsuits are the number one reason health care costs have skyrocketed, that and the greed of Insurance companies and those things won't go away with a national health care system.
2007-09-22 12:35:36 · answer #3 · answered by teacupn 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't place blame on Bush for this. This country has never had national health care. He deserves criticism, but this has been ongoing for years. It's just that nobody does anything about it. Lobbyists run this country, not the people, as was intended. Seriously, do you expect anything less when corporations pretty much get everything they want and give nothing back in return -- not even jobs anymore -- to the American citizens?
2007-09-22 12:33:12 · answer #4 · answered by Lydia H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The game is played a little differently here than in Europe.
Yet, for all the health care provided to Europeans free, they cannot extend their apparent generosity to the African nations that they have depleted over many years.
Europe is not a very good example of success, either.
2007-09-22 12:36:15 · answer #5 · answered by Starte Christ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, because the government does such a good job at everything it does (and at such low prices!) that it would be a good idea to put it in charge of health care too.
Do you realise what sort of loss of liberty that would entail? Insurance companies can refuse to treat you or raise your rates for 'unhealthy' activities. The governmental response is usually to forbid the activity altogether. It's not a big stretch to imagine socialized medicine as forbidding smoking, eating meat, not getting exercise, etc, etc.
2007-09-22 12:31:36 · answer #6 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because America is a Republic and not a Socialist govt. Each person is responsible for their own actions as well as maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Can't cut the mustard? Don't let the door hit ya on the way out. Welcome to reality, skippy! In summation, the govt is NOT your mommy and neither am I or my tax dollars!
2007-09-22 12:29:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
well because bush blew up all the savings!!
believe me if bush wasnt elected alot of stuff like health care, education charities orphans well fare..etcs would have been taken good care off.... but i guess the dumest president was too busy blowing up ur health care funds...!!
2007-09-22 12:26:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are not the richest, have you seen the 8 trillion dollar deficit
2007-09-22 12:47:46 · answer #9 · answered by Jen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Britain was so successful at it that we founded Australia with 165000 poor and downtrodden people
2016-05-21 01:51:00 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋