Health Care Debate

[sweetpea]

What about people who don't work simply because they don't want to (or aren't even legally able to because they shouldn't be in this country)? I'm sure there is not an easy answer to the health care debate and I don't believe it's a "one size fits all" solution at all. I would be quite fearful of a government owned/operated insurance company. I just read on one site that said that gov insurance could cost less because the gov't doesn't need to make a profit. Ohhh really? Check this out.. U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time The US National Debt rises astronomically all the time. $38,000 debt for every citizen! Do you really believe that the gov't won't try to make a profit?

[TerpZone]

Do you really believe that the gov't won't try to make a profit?

Yes, I do. There are hundreds of reasons to oppose govt. health care, but the governments true intentions are really at the forefront.

[badaace1973]

What about the push back from the insurance companies. What about the price of health care doubling or tripling every few years you have to admit something must be done and sorry about my terrible writing skills just got on a roll and didnt break anywhere its a health care debate not a writing debate LOL. But my point is No one person is Government But these Giant Corporations like the health care industry are run and owned by a handfull of billionaires who are scared of losing their wealth. They could care less if your uncle gets cancer and finds out he forgot to tell his insurance company he had an ingrown toe nail when he was two so they use it to deny him coverage. Yes that's an exageration but not by much LOL

[badaace1973]

We cover those guys because it's cheaper than waiting until they have to go to the emergency room and tax payers filt the bill and if they are here illegal as soon as they are stable we should ship them off to were they came from and the ones that don't work the government has to pay and then they should have to do community service or fines for not having some kind of insurance that the government offers. Thats why we all have to buy in or it won't work

[TerpZone]

We cover those guys because it's cheaper than waiting until they have to go to the emergency room and tax payers filt the bill and if they are here illegal as soon as they are stable we should ship them off to were they came from and the ones that don't work the government has to pay and then they should have to do community service or fines for not having some kind of insurance that the government offers. Thats why we all have to buy in or it won't work

And for those of us that DON'T WANT to pay for insurance and resent being forced into it?

[badaace1973]

Same as having to have car insurance for the good of the community

[TerpZone]

Same as having to have car insurance for the good of the community

Nowhere near the same thing.

[Tomturkey46]

I live in Canada where we have Heath Care. It works, you may have to wait a bit but it works. And to those nay-sayers, just one fact. In the U.S.A. 50% of bankuptices are related to heath care, in Canada none go bankupt due to heath costs.

Tom Cherry(AKA The Turkey)

[TerpZone]

I live in Canada where we have Heath Care. It works, you may have to wait a bit but it works. And to those nay-sayers, just one fact. In the U.S.A. 50% of bankuptices are related to heath care, in Canada none go bankupt due to heath costs.

Tom Cherry(AKA The Turkey)

How many new medicines and medical procedures come out of Canada? The USA?

Yeah, I thought so.