I'm an insurance agent and will I be out of a job if these bills offering free health care to Americans pass? What do you think the chances of every American having health care provided by the government are?
2007-10-02 07:39:55 · 8 answers · asked by lifeagent 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I hope it won't, I have a family of 6 - on only my income if more money or taxation was taken from me to pay for this free health care I will not be able to feed and keep a roof over their heads.
and I have seen government healthcare- medicaid in the past when i was eligible for it- it sucks.
2007-10-02 07:52:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are forgetting that NOTHING is free. Doctors will still need paid, medical facilities still need funds, and the program itself will cost billions to start, employ its administrators and to continue running.
All of this will be funded by tax dollars.
I personally believe that this is an unfair practice.
#1 The government, through this agency will essentially control your healthcare. This means that you will have to apply to the government for the healthcare that you need. Then if you need a procedure or treatment, you will have to get that approved as well. What other countries that have socialized healthcare have experienced is that the all-knowing, all-seeing government takes this one step further and actually places you in a wait status for the procedure based on the severity of your condition compared to other peoples'. So, lets say you are diagnosed with cancer, but the doctor does not feel that treatment for it is needed yet. Buddy the second I find out I have cancer, I'm doing eveything I can to get cured. Under National Healthcare however, you do not have that right. You have to wait in line as funding is allocate first to people with more severe cases than you. People say that then you can opt to pick up private health insurance, but in reality NO insurance company will provide coverage to ANYONE who has cancer as a pre-existing condition, so then you are at the mercy of politicians and the system.
#2 Under National Healthcare, you do not have the right to refuse treatment either. If you are prescribed a medication that is cheap, but that makes you go bald, and the only other medication for your condition is very expensive, the system is likely to provide you with only the cheapest medication. If you refuse it, the you are dropped from the National Healthcare plan because you would be considered a risk. Then, just like abovr, you are stuch with NOTHING as no insurance company will then pick you up with that pre-existing condition unless you are willing to pay HUGE premiums.
#3 Why should I, if I am willing to pay for insurance to avoid all that I have described above, have to have my taxes raised for others to have free, government-controlled healthcare that I will not benefit from??? Do you even realize how much your taxes will rise to be able to implement this???
2007-10-02 08:47:42 · answer #2 · answered by Voice of Liberty 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no free health care. Getting any government to run health insurance and health care is a bad thing.
2007-10-02 07:43:08 · answer #3 · answered by regerugged 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it will pass the house and it will pass the senate and it will pass out of committee.
the president will veto it.
It will return to the senate which will fail to overturn the president's veto pretty much along party lines.
Switch to life insurance, or auto insurance. Or better yet, start selling funeral plans.
you have options, those without health care do not always.
2007-10-02 07:45:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
Are you crazy
These people who run things in the background will never let that happen. It cuts into the Insurance shareholders profits
This is nothing more than a campaign issue for votes
Nothing more - nothing less
2007-10-02 07:45:25 · answer #5 · answered by scottanthonydavis 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
...first, try to understand... there is never going to be "free" health-care... "we" the taxpayers are going to pick up the bill when "she" gets elected... our base tax rate will soar to about 35 to 45 % ddepending upon your income... and that's not all... "she" is going to raise tax(s) on fuels as well... then too, "she" wants to increase "entitlements" to illegals and get "them" into the Social Security System and... increase the Tax on sales of "investments"... so...if you own some "stock"...which is currently tax'd (after sale) at about 15%..."she" is proposing an increase to 40%... Picture this... On the day before "she" takes office as the "Hillary & Bill" show... millions of investors are going to "sell" their stocks to avoid the tax increase and put the National economy into cardiac arrest... fasten your seat belt..."she's" comming to take it all...............and all the Democratic "drones" will just smile and say how wonderful... till "they" start paying the bills and tax(s)......
2007-10-02 07:51:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes - don't worry about lack of insurance offerings - there will be plenty of need for supplemental policies for those who can afford them and want to avoid having to wait in line while they bleed to death.
2007-10-02 07:43:53 · answer #7 · answered by Ben 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I haven't heard anyone say it was going to be free. Get a grip!
2007-10-02 07:43:55 · answer #8 · answered by mstrywmn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋