we do not have the best health care in the world, we are ranked 37th actually. France has the number one health care in the world with private and public health care.Death panels? Seems the left is more wrapped up with it than the right. Palin siad it and the left has not let go of it. If they did, it woulds have died, Instead, they took out anything that implies it...so yes...THANK YOU LEFT for not letting it go.
Grandma? No one is going to pull the plug. Obama is correct. The question is, will it be deemed more appropriate to simply not hook her up to the machine?
And what about emergency situations...such as a financial collapse? Government bankrupcy? No..not far fetched...look at California....look at the deficit we have thanks to the last two admins...look at our national debt...
So pleaase tell me.....what will happen IF there is the need for rationing?
What the fuck do you think happens right now when insurance cos call things experimental and dont cover them for people who have paid the cos thousands for decades?
People are dumped from the contracts for getting sick so the insure cos can have 400% profit.
Now go look at the other countries who have the best healthcare in the world ......what kind do they have?
Do not get me wrong. We DO need reform. That is not the issue.
We have the BEST healthcare in the world but yes, by far not the best system.
So why not simply open state lines to allow pure competition that ALWAYS results in lower prices....set regulations that forbid the dropping of anyone based on health issues that arise..and eliminate the "pre-exisitng condition" crap....and as for those that lose their jobs, COBRA is working fine....but the cost will be lower once the overall industry lowers the prices of premiums when puyre competiton comes into play.
Why a "public option"? What will it do but cost Americans over a trillion dollars?