A question for those against universal (socialized) health care and education.?

Question

To everyone that is against universal (socialized) health care and post-secondary education, I would like to know what is so bad about it? Isn't it in the best intrest of this country to keep the population healthy and educated to help ensure that there is a physically viable workforce and able to change as the global economy changes?

Answer 1

In the UK, education is more accessable to more people than it was 20 years ago, and that in part is due to cheap government loans. Regarding health care, it depends on what the electorate wants. It can work. I live in the UK and work in the NHS (our universal health care system). It has problems, but not as many as the US healthcare system has.
Despite spending much more per head of population than other developed countries, the US has worse health outcomes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care#Economics Life expectancy and infant mortality figures in the US are worse than in other developed countries, despite more money being spent (and wasted) in the USA.

In the UK there are waiting lists for routine problems. Problems that can not wait are treated as emergencies. Also, in the UK, people can also have private health care.

I can understand Americans being proud of living in the richest and most powerful country in the world. What I can not understand is why Amercians settle for an expensive healthcare system where babies die that would have a better chance of life if born in another developed country.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2167865,00.html

Answer 2

I AM for Universal Healthcare, I think whoever thinks its Socialization is an Idiot, The HMO's Started in 1971 By then President Richard M. Nixon and Founder of Kaiser Premente Health Care created this HMO System and its been broken since, Hillary Clinton whose running for President Tried to Bring Universal Health Care while First Lady only to have Republicans and they're Drug Company Contributors take over her Idea and Rob us all cold and now she has received money from the Drug Companies in her Campaign War Chest like George W Bush, Billy Tauzan and others.

The People think its bad are the ones who don't want to help out who just don't care and they are the ones that have put the USA at #37 in the World my opinion it should be even lower then that, because Health Care in the US on all levels is an Insult and a Joke we won't get it until Until People Listen that's the only way to do it.

Answer 3

On a purely economic level, socialist health care and education makes perfect sense.
It is a well demonstrated fact that a country that spends money on education will easily increase its per capita income and therefore tax revenue. It's an easy investment for a federal government to make.
Socialist health care is a little tricker. Most of the health problems in the US are caused by the patients: smoking causing cancer, bad diet and lack of exercise causing heart disease, gun fights and car wrecks causing trauma. Spending money on doctors won't do anybody any good.

Answer 4

Health care takes up approximately 15% of our national spending ever year.

Do you really want to hand over another 15% of our economy to the welfare state?

I would prefer a system were people can buy into a group type system at group rates. Or, another plan would could be to provide all basic care for free. Doctor visits, basic denistry and the like.

Then people would presumably take better care of themselves, which would lower our long term catastrophic costs.

Then people could purchase for themselves a catastophic policy, which are not very expensive.

Answer 5

It will kill the middle class of America and spread the divide between the rich and the poor.
Education like the "leave no child behind" policy is not doing well in helping our system, and teachers that I've talked to our opposed to the federal govt in the public schools!
Universal health care would take up more of my tax money, I already pay enough. Americans need to stop taking advantage of government programs

Answer 6

I can't think of anything that the government has run that cost what they said it would cost and provide as much as promised.

What we need is an unregulated health system that is open to competition from lots of providers. It would lower costs and increase services offered.

WHO do you think they will want tax next when more smokers quit? You can be sure they wouldn't cancel the program for lack of funds.

If you want "free" health care and education-MOVE TO CUBA

Answer 7

To answer your question;

I am against socialized medicine, we could end up like Canada with a doctor shortage, and 4 million people who do not have health care because their are no doctors in their area. We can force our doctors and nurses to accept a lower wage thus causing disgruntled workers doing forced health care on patients. Not what I want to see when I go to the doctor if I live long enough to make it to the head of the line for emergency visits.

Answer 8

Rodham Clintons plan is for welfare, and the two sources that will get the federal funds for it are: Walmart for prescriptions and Kaiser for medical. The lobbyists that she plays with are most definitely putting big bucks in her pockets now, as it will be difficult if she were elected. For the best of our interest we need to see the light and forget about this woman and her plan.

We need to look at a candidate that will support taking down the high prices of insurance, that we can afford our choice of insurance and at least have a plan that will not kill us.

Voting for Obama gets the second paragraph in this answer done.

Answer 9

I would be against it because it would come out of our pocket's, and wouldn't just cover Americans, we would be paying for all the illegals, whats bad about it??? ask anyone in Canada, who has to wait to get better or have surgery's and gets put on a waiting list, and the obese people would become a big drain on the health care system, and if you are over a certain age and need heart surgery, you would be told, too bad you should have taken better care of your self, that's what's bad about it, believe me you would not like it, be careful who you vote for, so do your homework, its your future!!! you better take care of it!!

Answer 10

The government runs you and your meds, you must take what they say, not what is best for your illness.
There administrative costs we would have to pay.
We would pay more income tax.
Seniors have a very hard time getting covered, some never do.
It is not for the USA, we are smart enough to take care of ourselves.
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