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they call it medicare any child whos parents can not afford to cover with insurance qualifies for medicare. Plus if it is an emergancey, You can not be refused treatment, even if medicare does not cover you.how did he get the MRI if you couldnt pay for it?
they call it medicare. Plus if it is an emergancey, You can not be refused treatment, even if medicare does not cover you.
one linke deserves another.
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Not everyone qualifies for medicare. People put off medical treatment because they cannot afford it. Then they get worse and end up in the emergency room. This is one of the reasons our healthcare is so expensive. We are penny wise and pound foolish.
You mean we already have universal healthcare? Jeeps is aghast...they call it medicare any child whos parents can not afford to cover with insurance qualifies for medicare. Plus if it is an emergancey, You can not be refused treatment, even if medicare does not cover you.
Kirk,
You bring up a number of good points in regards to Canadian healthcare. What you've described appears to have some strengths and weaknesses, just like the current healthcare system in the U.S. Yes, the current U.S. system is in need of some repair and I personally am working in the industry so I'm doing what I can to improve it. However, I don't believe the answer is simply to switch over to Universal Healthcare. That sort of overhaul is a process that I don't believe this country is capable of, let alone able to afford it.
Maybe it would be a consideration if the country was in a more stable state financially, but its not. The country's financial situation is so tepid right now that it truly cannot afford to make the switch. It's too quick and too much right now. The country has to focus on straightening itself financially. If it doesn't do that, the future looks grim for the U.S.
Universal healthcare may be cheaper in the long run but the transition will cost billions. We cannot afford it. We are playing with Monopoly money as it is.
The other items you mentioned are already in motion. I totally agree with your last statement, "stop whining and start working." Didn't one of McCain's campaign managers get blasted for stating a similar comment, "We are a nation of whiners."
By the way, you mentioned that you live in Vancouver, are you Canadian or an American living in Canada?
With such a high cost election in progress and a very passionate wave of supporters on both sides of the aisle, the expectations for one candidate or the other appear to be extremely high. So what should we expect with an Obama presidency? (I will ask the same question for McCain in a separate posting)
McCain doesn't have a "passionate wave of supporters". I can show you how the religious right is not excited about McCain and neither are young republicans.
Expect fiscal responsibility. That doesn't mean killing social programs that are important or neglecting bridges and levys so you can give more money to your defense contractor buddies. Expect to restore our good name with the rest of the world. Expect better relations with countries like Iran. Expect the middle class to start doing better, which is the only way to get the economy back to normal. Expect necessary regulations on industries that have been running unchecked for 8 years. Expect credit card companies won't be able to charge 20% interest on your debt. Expect that we stop borrowing billions from China and just throwing it on the debt. Expect NAFTA to be fixed so it doesn't hurt American workers. Expect our illegal immigrant problem to become an illegal employer problem. Expect unemployment to go down. Expect that tax breaks for companies going overseas to end. Expect a 9-11 report that will actually tell us what really happened. Expect US Attorneys and a Justice Department that is not politicized. Expect FEMA, GAO and all other presidential appointees to actually know what they are doing. Expect liberal judges to be appointed to the Supreme Court so Roe vs. Wade isn't overturned. Expect freedoms and rights that we had pre Bush to be restored. Habius Corpus, no spying on Americans, etc. Expect torture to be officially banned.
Fiscal responsibility? BULLSHIT... increased spending on social programs and nationalized healthcare... all of which are the personal responsibilities of individuals, not the responsibility of everyone around your lazy ass
better relations with Iran?? Are you freaking kidding? Appeasement will not "improve relations" with that whack-job regime
Cowering to popularity of other nations is not 'restoring our good name'... again... another liberal acting like the world is a high school popularity contest and nothing matters except being popular
Increased taxes and a punishment tax system is not going to help any middle class... it will help the libtards with talking points that facilitate buying the votes of the low income ignorant
You just keep going down hill from there... truly a clueless lib
With such a high cost election in progress and a very passionate wave of supporters on both sides of the aisle, the expectations for one candidate or the other appear to be extremely high. So what should we expect with an Obama presidency? (I will ask the same question for McCain in a separate posting)
I live in Virginia, not Vancouver. I wish I lived in Vancouver. My GF has Crohn's disease, and she would be covered by the Canadian system there which would be much better.
healthcare is not a charge of the federal government, nor any government,.... your care for your person and the health of your family is a PERSONAL responsibility... and you notice with you libs... it is what you "WANT"... boo hoo hoo... you want something, earn it and pay for it
What will work with Iran.... a freaking BACKBONE... no negotiation with despots and tyrannical regimes... you do not coddle them....
Popularity is not what it is all about.... I could not possibly care less how the populace of Prance, or Bolivia, or Chad, or Canada things of us.... just like when raising kids and having them deal with the socialization factor and the performance in school, "Don't worry about popularity... worry about what matters"
Hmmm... how do you cut a debt? Well, no president has done this in MANY years.... how you start, you cut unnecessary government spending on your little handouts and earmarks and everything else that the government should not have it's grubby hands in thanks to libtard politicians and even the greedy ones who somehow call themselves "conservative" even though their actions show otherwise... If you keep tax revenues up while cutting the expenses, you will cut your debt... and you do not continue to punish your largest earners.. it is not the government's job to act all Robin Hood... as justice is blind, so should be burden.... leave it to a libtard to punish those who achieve
And as for your final healthcare "argument"... your health, or your constipation, or your broken finger, or your next checkup, is YOUR responsibility.... it is not OUR shared responsibility... you know, personal responsibility. Something you libtards don't believe in
Good point. I should change that to a wave of supporters on one side and a segment of grudgingly and unsatisfied voter bloc on the other.