In 1950 only 18% of American had a health-care plan.
1960 28%
1970 49%
1980 68%
1990 74%
2007 92.4% according to Hillary Clinton.
Why are so many sooo willing to allow government to get involved in OUR Health-Care Coverage?
Health-Care is 1/7th of the entire economy...it's worth BILLIONS...can you see why government bureacrats are foaming at the mouth to control this wealth of resources.
I am shocked at my liberal friends who HATE government controll and fight against government intusion & oversight in to our lives are so ready to be fooled by this take over of our most private area of our life.
The system in Canda and the rest of the industrialized world that offer's so-called "FREE" health-care is in a wreck with long lines and waiting list and massive debt.
Not that we have a perfect "private" system but
why?
2007-10-10 09:45:55 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The health care discussion is BS. Nobody wants to discuss the real issues.
Healthcare has gotten expensive because of technology. Over 50% of your lifetime healthcare dollars are spent in the last 6 months of your life. Whether you have a government sponsored system like the UK, France or Canada, or a market sponsored one like in the US, health care is rationed.
In 1950 there was no chemo therapy, cardio bypass, MRI, CT's, etc.
The average person could afford it.
The question that should be debated and will never be is when is enough --- enough. No politician will win on the platform Grandma doesn't get chemo and Grandpa doesn't get the bypass.
Untill then the lines will get longer in France, the UK and Canada and Health Insurance will get more expensive in the US.
2007-10-10 09:54:30 · answer #1 · answered by joe s 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Yes, we would still have a crisis. Having a health care system that is based on profitability is a system that will implode. I have been employed by the same company for 20 years now that does provide health care & I still had to file for bankruptcy in 2002 due to health problems that were not covered well enough through my plan. You sound lucky that you have not had to deal with anything like this yet but if you talk to enough people you will find someone who has. Having a system that cares for all makes sense in most industrial nations & it works. We need to come out of the dark ages once & for all.
2016-05-21 00:47:39 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Healthcare costs in 1950 compared to now are very different. Healthcare costs are out of control and part of the reason is because people who are covered are paying for those who are not.
Frankly, I think big business is tired of paying which is evidenced by the fact that employer insurance covers less and less every year because it cuts into their bottom line (I can't really blame them). I can say from personal experience the benefits I had 6 years ago are very different than now. I am expected to pay more out of pocket and with less covered than was before.
2007-10-10 09:55:51 · answer #3 · answered by Spirish_1 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
According to some figures 47 million Americans have no health insurance. Everyone at some point in their life will face life threatening illness, or accident.
2007-10-10 09:55:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In 2003, It cost me $250 for coverage.
In 2004, the same coverage rose to $305.00
In 2005, the same coverage rose to $355.00
In 2006, the same coverage rose to $390.00
In 2007, the same coverage rose to $430.00
and I'm looking at another increase next year. My salary increases have not even come close to keeping up with that.
And it's because I'm paying for the uninsured already.
2007-10-10 09:56:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Because in the 1960s, drugs didn't cost you an arm and a leg, and your first born son.
2007-10-10 10:01:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think because there is a large portion of young children are uninsured. Plus, medicaid in not insurance. Those statistics do not tell about the LEVEL of coverage that people are getting.
2007-10-10 09:53:50 · answer #7 · answered by Whishkey Bottom. 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Cuz in years past, the price of healthcare and medications weren't 58735245 times one's annual salary.
It's pretty simple really.
2007-10-10 09:54:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
we have a health care crisis because insurance companies and other big business decided to administrate health care, and what they care about is making money, not making health.
2007-10-10 16:43:50 · answer #9 · answered by Ruth C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"2007 92.4% according to Hillary Clinton"
This number is totally bogus. Please site your source. The Rush Limbaugh show?
2007-10-10 09:56:01 · answer #10 · answered by mrthing 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋