Dear Americans
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saint_cyr_g — 14 years ago(November 13, 2011 12:51 PM)
Sure you can complain, but your are still alive. I doubt very much you would be willing to give up your free coverage. You should be greatful you live in a country where you don't have to sell your house and everything you own to get treatment.
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lady_AJ — 14 years ago(November 13, 2011 05:56 PM)
IS THIS WHAT I SAID BACK THEN? Sorry ppl I take it back. I've had 3 opperations and been in hospital 2 more times for epilepsy problems and it is quite hyper in there, and these cuts that the government are making aren't helping.
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swordsaint0 — 12 years ago(March 20, 2014 01:34 PM)
The medical system operates on a triage system - that is, the people who are worse (all factors considered) get attention first, and some hopeless cases get attention never (they're not going to give a 70-year-old alcoholic a new liver).
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hardcorematingly — 20 years ago(December 06, 2005 11:00 PM)
The fact of the matter is that I don't think that we (the USA) could truly call ourselves the best country in the world, when we can't provide health care to all citizens- and so many countries can. It's a disgrace.
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robin-hjartfors — 20 years ago(December 10, 2005 01:38 PM)
Free health care rocks! Sweden gots it too you know ;). Sure we also have high taxes but if we wouldent have that, then how the hell would our country look like? I think the us need to raise their taxes And maybe there would be better (maybe even free) health care in america.
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mole02 — 20 years ago(January 05, 2006 01:42 PM)
Our taxes are high enough. The problem is that the more money the majority of the politicians and corporate executives here make, the more they want, and our system is used primarily to give them exactly that.
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ltjrrich — 19 years ago(January 27, 2007 09:08 AM)
It's certainly not "free" healthcare. It gets paid for through taxes. I don't know about you, but my taxes are high enough as it is. I am completely, utterly, ant totally against nationalized healthcare - or nationalized anything, for that matter. It's a monopoly, and we have anti-trust legislation in the USA. National healthcare would be illegal anyway, so it's a moot point.
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glyndev — 17 years ago(March 29, 2009 05:52 PM)
I agree, It is not free, It is paid for through taxes. But (I know nothing about the cost of health insurance in the USA so please bear with me on this) would you rather pay $500 to a health insurance company for them to turn around and say "You can't have that operation because your insurance plan doesnt cover it" or pay an extra $400 for national health care and be able to go to any hospital and not have the worry of wether the NEEDED operation will be covered or not.
You say that you are totally against "nationalized anything". That being the case must mean that you are against the US Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, IRS, FBI, CIA, DEA, FEMA, NASA, EPA, National Parks Service, Federal Penetentiary system, US Marshalls, Congress, Senate and the president of the USA. By your definition these are ALL NATIONALIZED organizations and therefore are ALL MONOPOLIES and so therefore in breach of US anti trust legislation and therefore illegal under US law.
If you want to argue that all of them are "public services operated by central govenment for the protection and welfare of the people" and so are NOT monopolies, then so be it. But given that fact, then any nationalized healthcare system operated by the central government would not be a monopoly governed by anti trust legislation, it would be a "public service operated by central govenment for the protection and welfare of the people"