Why are Americans not having mass protests for Universal Healthcare?

Question

England, France, and Canada have universal healthcare systems that work. Thier citizens have proven to live a minimum of three years longer than Americans.

If we can spend trillions on war. Why cant we spent millions of a universal healthcare sysytem.

Answer 1

Your statistics are true. And one thing that many Americans do not seem to realise, is that you are actually paying more for your system than we do in Europe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care#Economics Not only is life expectancy shorter in the USA compared to western Europe, but infant mortality is higher in the USA as well!

I work in the NHS in the UK. It is not perfect. Yes there are waiting times. But, like you can, we can also choose to pay for additional private treatment if we wish, so like you, if we want to pay, will have low waiting times.

If you are proud to live in a country where babies are more likely to die than in western Europe, fine. But the USA is the richest and most powerful country in the world, and has a healthcare system that fails its people considering how rich the US is.

Answer 2

They also pay taxes out the rear and have limited choices concerning medical providers. Also, you are making the assumption that there is a direct correlation to universal health care and lifespans. You cannot make this correlation as there are many variables that would account for your alleged "proof" of living three years longer.

I am not protesting a lack of universal healthcare in the US because I actually THINK for myself rather than being a mind numbed lemming that simply succumbs to the fuzzy math and illogical arguments of the leftist socialists that espouse this ludicrous thinking.

Note: Why spend millions? You only need to spend about a $100 on a passport and another $500 or so on an immigration attorney and you could be living in England, Canada or France. You'd be happier and we would have one less person with a hand out in this country.

Answer 3

Because I grew up in Canada with socialized healthcare and saw the problems that it had. My family who still lives there continue to relate the many problems.

Yes, the US healthcare system has problems too. They are different problems but things pretty much come out in the wash. Neither system is particularly "better," just different. In fact, given the problems we do have in the USA, socialized medicine would make things much much worse and far more expensive...and most Americans are smart enough to realize this.

Either way, however, we're going to have national healthcare shoved down our throats when the Democrats gain full control of our government.

Answer 4

Because our government is not known for running any social program very well. Pick any social program.

Tell me one program that you would want to use as an example of excellence that the government is responsible for running. Have you stood at a DMV line lately? Have you ever stood in line for unemployment? You think our ER's are bad now, could you just image what the wait would be if your friendly neighborhood public servant, with their oh so caring and considerate attitude was serving you at your national health care center?

We are a free market system, the more the government controls the process the more the process breaks.

Answer 5

One reason is that the USA gets to see the quality and efficiency of Canadian socialized medical care up close. It frequently is very disappointing. And delayed. Many come across the border for their care. The border acting as a 'safety valve' , so to speak.
In socialized medicine, the Doctors are doing the bidding of the government, instead of being hired by the patient. Other programs run by the government are sadly lacking, eg as schooling, VA hospitals, prison medicine.
A saying going around, 'If the government was in charge of the Sahara desert, in 5 years there would be no sand'.
Are your citizens killing themselves at the rate of 50,000 per year on the highways, shooting themselves in the ghetto;s every day in the bigger cities, obese from lack of exercise and overeating, committed to 'alternative' medicine like Christian Scientists, Chiropractors, and other dark age attitudes and practices?
To try to separate out mortality from societal causes against lack of medical care could be a bit difficult but would almost certainly be of help in comparing mortality rates.

Answer 6

Our politicians are made up quite a few attorneys - Universal Healthcare would require dollar limits on lawsuits. Sorry for us, it won't happen with all the lawyers on Capitol Hill. Politicians will talk about healthcare, but only to win votes - when it fails they blame the other party.

Answer 7

Americans seems to patronize the insurance companies that the politicians are supporting prejudicing the lower class who needs the universal health care.

Answer 8

Because most of us are happy with the system we have.The politicians are even happier to let us have it.While they tell us how unfair it is.The American politicians creed.Never give them something until it's worn out as a political football.

Answer 9

because us as Americans are retarted. we live in a system that's good, but if you don't know it its flawed also the politicians are paid off by the insurance companies so will they close their money source down. and protest.... probably not good enough. alot of ppl are scared of the government and the amount that are not don't have enough power to achive the goal of universal health care.

Answer 10

Universal Health Care is great for the welfare crowd, but wait!...they have free health care now!

For those of us who work and pay for health insurance, the level of care he currently pay for is 10x better than the great health care available in Canada, France and England.