In the richest nation on earth. That’s a lot of poor suffering Americans.
What a great country!
Pandemic Swells Medicaid Enrollment to 80 Million People, a ‘High-Water Mark’
Pretty good indication we need universal healthcare like the UK, Europe, Scandinavia, Israel, Canada, Austrailia and the Gulf States.
Yes, let's take a horrible, expensive and wasteful program and give it to every man, woman, and child here in this nation. That makes perfect sense!
Why don't you in the US just adopt a National Health Service as we have in the UK?
The NHS is considered our most valuable asset and sacred to the UK population.
Woe betide any politician who dares to try and mess with it.
Started in 1947 it has been running for 74 years along with the Welfare State that has provided a safety net for millions of Brits who have fallen on hard times.
It's simple, everybody, when they start their working lives, pays a National Insurance 'Stamp'. This averages at around 12% of our gross wage. Although this only covers 20%
of the cost, the other 80% is made up through General Taxation.
I was quite happy paying this 12% Stamp although working for 43 years I never needed a doctor and had no medical history. However, at 59 I was struck with terminal cancer and given 6 months to live. However, my body responded far better to the chemotherapy than my consultants anticipated and after 124 treatments I am still here seven years later thanks to the NHS I am still alive. At a cost of £6000 per treatment that adds up to £744,000, not including consultancy fees that are also covered.
The NI Stamp is simply a form of insurance. Some will pay all their lives and never need the NHS. Others will at some point need medical treatments and receive whatever treatment/s are necessary. One in two of us will develop some form of cancer during our lives. We in the UK don't need to worry about it.
You in the states believe in insurance don't you? So whats the problem?