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If you, or someone dear to you, were sick and could not afford to pay for medical attention I'm sure you would think differently. If not there is something seriously wrong with you.I picked other, because i don't think anyone is entitled to free healthcare. However I think all americans are entitled to affordable health coverage, if they choose.
That empowerment is inherent in the General Welfare clause of the Constitution (Article 1, Section 8.)The federal government is not empowered via the constitution to hand out any entitlement... it is an abuse of power that was assumed by those craving power within our government... this power was grabbed without amendment to the constitution
That empowerment is inherent in the General Welfare clause of the Constitution (Article 1, Section 8.)The federal government is not empowered via the constitution to hand out any entitlement... it is an abuse of power that was assumed by those craving power within our government... this power was grabbed without amendment to the constitution
Are you entitled to medical care? If you get sick, need medical attention, are you entitled to it, regardless that you can't afford it?
It seems this is a fundamental split in our nation, those that feel medical care is a right, and those that feel its not.
I'm on Medicare. My existing primary care physician probably isn't as good as it gets although she is quite competent. But the average waiting time in her clean but cramped outer office is two hours and sometimes more. If I were rich I would wait no more than ten or fifteen minutes in a cozy room with soft couches and art-covered walls. So the notion that universal health care would exclude choice is mistaken. Anyone who can afford better has options.But if basic, bare bones, no frills, wait forever in lines...WITH limitation in care and a cap on how much will be spent on you is offered... the people who are are asking for that should stop complaining they want MORE of what they are already NOT paying for and getting for free.
That is common sense reasoning.for example... you are NOT going to that million dollar operation that MAY only extend your life for 6 months.
This question depends on each persons value of life. I, for one, think the answer is yes. We, as humans, have an obligation to do whatever we can to keep our fellow man alive. I ALSO feel that way about animals, within reason. For example, Im fine with deer hunting for food. But, having a general attitude of helping and protecting animal life is important to me.
I feel we are all living creatures of this Earth, and we should try to help each other through this existence in any way we can.
Just my two cents. Should we show up to the ER for a headache and a $40 aspirin we can't afford? No. The aspirin shouldn't be $40...AND the person shouldn't abuse the system like that.
Are you entitled to medical care? If you get sick, need medical attention, are you entitled to it, regardless that you can't afford it?
It seems this is a fundamental split in our nation, those that feel medical care is a right, and those that feel its not.
Are you entitled to medical care? If you get sick, need medical attention, are you entitled to it, regardless that you can't afford it?
It seems this is a fundamental split in our nation, those that feel medical care is a right, and those that feel its not.
As long as our country can afford it, medical care should be available to everyone, not just the wealthy and elite. Currently we have doctors traveling to other countries to provide free medical care for poor people that they won't provide that same care to those here in this country. Kind of sad.
Of course, right now I don't think our country can afford a safety pin, we are so deep in debt.
You are not entitled for me to pay your bill.
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Well, a health care system based on an income tax all the way to the top, on all income, would adaquetely fund the system. And preventive care is far cheaper than care after the fact. Not only that, as is, you lose your employment, you lose your health care. Should you get sick while unemployed, the next thing you lose is your home. Then you get to file for bankruptcy.
Now that is a real smart system. When a family runs onto hard times just keep kicking them until they are down to the point that they cannot get back up.
The other industrial nations pay about half what we do per capita for their health care systems. They cover all their citizens, and have a longer life span, as well as far lower infant mortality. Results count.
Another challenge to comparability is the practice of counting frail or premature infants who die before the normal due date as miscarriages (spontaneous abortions) or those who die during or immediately after childbirth as stillborn. Therefore, the quality of a country's documentation of perinatal mortality can matter greatly to the accuracy of its infant mortality statistics. This point is reinforced by the demographer Ansley Coale, who finds dubiously high ratios of reported stillbirths to infant deaths in Hong Kong and Japan in the first 24 hours after birth, a pattern that is consistent with the high recorded sex ratios at birth in those countries. It suggests not only that many female infants who die in the first 24 hours are misreported as stillbirths rather than infant deaths, but also that those countries do not follow WHO recommendations for the reporting of live births and infant deaths.
You are not entitled for me to pay your bill.
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Except you will if I can't. Doctor's can not turn away someone that needs their help thanks to the Hippocratic Oath. If you show up and can't pay for the help you need, a doctor will still take care of you. Later, when I show up can pay my costs will be inflated to cover the Doctor's costs, which will include the lost revenue from you.
This always gets lost in this debate. YOU ARE ALREADY PAYING FOR THE HEALTH CARE OF THE POOR. That's how things work when the market determines price and the Hippocratic Oath prevents doctors from turning away patients. I'd much rather bring the fact I'm paying for the care of the poor to the front and provide preventative care so they don't show up in the ER quite so often.
You are not entitled for me to pay your bill.
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Except you will if I can't. Doctor's can not turn away someone that needs their help thanks to the Hippocratic Oath. If you show up and can't pay for the help you need, a doctor will still take care of you. Later, when I show up can pay my costs will be inflated to cover the Doctor's costs, which will include the lost revenue from you.
This always gets lost in this debate. YOU ARE ALREADY PAYING FOR THE HEALTH CARE OF THE POOR. That's how things work when the market determines price and the Hippocratic Oath prevents doctors from turning away patients. I'd much rather bring the fact I'm paying for the care of the poor to the front and provide preventative care so they don't show up in the ER quite so often.
How often, for example, have you heard the emergency-room argument? The uninsured, it's said, use emergency rooms for primary care. That's expensive and ineffective. Once they're insured, they'll have regular doctors. Care will improve; costs will decline. Everyone wins. Great argument. Unfortunately, it's untrue.
A study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that the insured accounted for 83 percent of emergency-room visits, reflecting their share of the population. After Massachusetts adopted universal insurance, emergency-room use remained higher than the national average, an Urban Institute study found. More than two-fifths of visits represented non-emergencies. Of those, a majority of adult respondents to a survey said it was "more convenient" to go to the emergency room or they couldn't "get [a doctor's] appointment as soon as needed." If universal coverage makes appointments harder to get, emergency-room use may increase.
You are not entitled for me to pay your bill.
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Except you will if I can't. Doctor's can not turn away someone that needs their help thanks to the Hippocratic Oath. If you show up and can't pay for the help you need, a doctor will still take care of you. Later, when I show up can pay my costs will be inflated to cover the Doctor's costs, which will include the lost revenue from you.
This always gets lost in this debate. YOU ARE ALREADY PAYING FOR THE HEALTH CARE OF THE POOR. That's how things work when the market determines price and the Hippocratic Oath prevents doctors from turning away patients. I'd much rather bring the fact I'm paying for the care of the poor to the front and provide preventative care so they don't show up in the ER quite so often.
