Dear Americans
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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" -
CptHowdy87 — 16 years ago(December 16, 2009 08:33 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.
How could America EVER "truely" call itself the greatest country in the world? You think the messed up health care system is the only thing holding America back from being the greatest country in the world? HA! that's just the tip of the ice berg. Guns, treatment of blacks, presidents past and present, the most evil human beings that have ever walked the face of the earth (Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy, David Karesh, Ed Gein etc etc etc), wonderful role models (Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Pussy Cat Dolls, Fiddy Cent etc etc etc), created more chaos and wars all over the world than any other countries. I could go on forever. If America wasn't so blindly patriotic and didn't ignore everything that's wrong with them then people all over the world wouldn't hate America so much. -
crisco_1492 — 16 years ago(January 02, 2010 01:44 PM)
Most evil beings in the world? Well, then you've forgotten all about Hitler, Countess whomever who killed virgins to bathe in their blood for eternal youth, Stalin, that person in Venezuela (if I'm not mistaken)who killed 900 children
Googol! Googolplex! . . . I guess that's one way around the 100 Chars limit
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PhoenixShadow — 16 years ago(January 07, 2010 11:47 PM)
I barely know how to respond to that you can't be more intelligent than a retarded squirrel who was shot in the head and lived and had to have half of its remaining brain removed. 1 we have the best healthcare in the world so sorry.. enjoy your wonderful national health care I really don't give 2 flying beep in space that we don't have national health care 2 guns? guns? seriously? I will never give up my guns 3 treatment of blacks? no beep way I just I can't even finish this post the stupidity is overwhelming oh btw had to go to the doctor the other day, no appointment, they took me right away, how long does it normally take you?
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ats02171 — 20 years ago(January 12, 2006 09:25 PM)
we can get hearth care that is free to a certian extent. the hospital can't deny you care. in realty all john q had to was try to get on the news. which is hard for a black man that hasn't shot anyone. he could have gotten dotaions or a loan maybe. or the hospotal would have made him pay it back. he could have went to the church and got some money form them.
however what is said about hmo's is true. they suck. they don't really care about most of there panients and lot of stuff ios done over the phone. plus we all pay way to much for meds. infact americans pay more money for meds then any other country in the world. but we do had some of the best hospitals for teaching. remember we are to county that took a guys index finger and put it where his thumbs should be. some how he lost both his thumbs. and plus we have unjoined conjoined twins, and the first contry to fix a defect in the human heart. -
Galldora — 20 years ago(January 15, 2006 09:41 PM)
In reply to ats02171,
I'm sorry; were you watching the same movie I was? John DID try to get on the news; but got brushed off. He DID try to get donations; but no one would help him. He DID get money from the church. I don't think that many of us could raise $250,000 big ones (or even the 30% he was asked to pay to even get his son a place on the list.) if we tried half as hard as he did.
I mean no insult; I just wondered if you missed some of it.
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ats02171 — 20 years ago(January 24, 2006 12:02 PM)
no i saw the whole movie. but was a while ago. yeah black people when going to to newz to get help on something they will get brused off. but at the same time think that he could have done more. and if all he had to get was 75,000 i think he could have gotten it somewhere. plus i don't think that is how it works. the hospital can not just say know. the age of the child and health of the child would come into play. and he was healthy even with the heart devicet and he has more potincal of surivablity.