What would you rather pay for: Iraq war or health coverage for every american?

Question

there was a report from the Joint Economic Commitee that said:

To provide some perspective on these figures, just the funds requested for the Iraq war through
2008 would have been sufficient to provide health insurance coverage to all of America’s uninsured
for the 2003-2008 period. (There were approximately 45 million uninsured Americans at
the start of the war in 2003 and this number rose to 47 million by 2006, which is the latest figure
available from the U.S. Census Bureau).

http://jec.senate.gov/Documents/Reports/11.13.07IraqEconomicCostsReport.pdf

Answer 1

Health care we have spent enough and just happened to have all this missing money on Iraq. They have oil, they have soldier's and we want our troops to come home for Christmas.
They deserve to be home just like George needs to be ran out of the White House along with all his sidekicks before Christmas and his daughter Jenna wedding to be paid for by all the taxpayers money. I don't care where she gets married in fact I don't care if she gets married, I don't care if she teaches school are what she does. Just hit a JP, a white dress is for a virgin , just wear her jeans and hook em out.

Answer 2

In a nation of over 303+ million people in America only 45 million don't have insurance? Not bad, what is that, like 1 out of 6? Look at Social Security, is the government running that well? Look at the DMV, do they run that well? Look at anything the government does and do they do it particularly well? Do you want that same government in charge of your health care? Come on now, lets not be foolish. The war in Iraq will end one day, hopefully with us as victors, but it will end. Government programs don't end, they just cost more.

Answer 3

There are constitutional provisions that keep away from congress from what might ideally be their duty; to look after the form through putting forward conflict against the present administration for its efforts to brush aside the form under the guise of helping the electorate that our congress is probably beholden to. wellbeing care has no longer something to do with it, nor does medical wellbeing assurance, that's extremely like the equivilent of adjusting international warming to climate substitute while it turns into sparkling that something isn't extremely what it variety of feels.

Answer 4

Interesting and tempting comparison, but I believe that protecting it's people from foriegn threats is more of a free-world government's job then providing socialized healthcare.

As far as healthcare goes, a major thing to consider is what socialization does to any good or service... take privatization out of the equation and long story short, quality drops. You've gotta keep competition and profits in the equation.

If folks want to talk about the war then talk about the war, if you want to talk about healthcare then talk about healthcare... apples and oranges...

In my experience, I lived among many uninsured people for awhile, it's funny the things American's have money for... anything from video games, cable TV, shiny rims, alcohol, clubbing, clothes, m~r~j~ana, you G~d d~mn name it, but for some reason, a great majority of us feel this mega sense of entitlement from our government.... it doesn't make sense....

Answer 5

Why would I want to pay for health care for people who choose not to purchase it on their own? So I can help more welfare people give birth to more children they already can't afford? I'd rather see some of the money going toward spaying and neutering humans that shouldn't be breeding, lol.

I'd rather fund the war, get it done and overwith so I don't have to worry about my wife getting taken out in a mall by a suicide bomber... sorry, call me selfish but I love my wife!

You're also talking about a temporary war vs a permanent health care at the same cost. You think you have in tough now... make the economy like this on a permanent basis!

Answer 6

Neither...

The Government needs to stop trying to be the World Police and being a parent to everyone...

I went 10 years without medical benefits... but I knew what I had to do to get them... and I did it...

Maybe if people were forced to fend for themselves they'd actually regain a sense of pride that's lost on anyone that can't do for themselves...

Answer 7

Neither. We had no business invading Iraq and it is not the federal government's job to provide health coverage.

Answer 8

It's an apples and oranges comparison and therefor disingenuous. I am firmly against national health care and working Americans should be as well. Lack of planning and budgeting is the primary reason working Americans do not have health care nothing more.

Answer 9

Iraq. I have health insurance. Plus, at least the money sent to Iraq is accomplishing something good, whereas people would use the insurance as a crutch and become dependant on government handouts.

Answer 10

The Iraq War, because health insurance is no good if the terrorists win. Anyway, I have my own health insurance!!