Universal health care has worked everywhere? Yes, everywhere that imports medical technology and drugs invented in the USA. Not one country has implimented universal health care without being dependent on the technology and research developed by the the USA's capitalist medical system. We have given and sold our advancements, we have educated their doctors. The fact of history is the whole world has benifited from the medical profession, the hospitals, our universities, and our drugs. All developed under the USA's capitalist medical system.
Sorry MDN, but I have to call bullshit on that to.
Not because I like Chris' stance (I oppose government run shit) but simply because ... India. They have made many strides in medical science and, as I understand it, have "universal healthcare" ... as for how successful they are with that healthcare, I have no idea now.
India, we have many doctors from India that get their education at our universities.
My idea of providing healthcare for everyone would be to bring heavy industry back to the USA, create a 100 million new jobs, tort reform, malpractice insurance reform, look at why medical equipment costs 10x's the cost of non-medical equipment, I sat with a young doctor at the New Jersey airport and asked him what he thought the problem with healthcare was and his response is they pay 11,000 dollars for a monitor that is the same as a television except the medical monitor had a couple of extra connectors. This young doctor was sincere, very impressive man, I overheard him on the phone detailing the symptons and conditions of three patients to another doctor that was filling in for him. This man cited 20 minutes of details off the top of his head, I complimented the young doctor on his memory and he stated this was nothing, it was only three patients, usually he has 6 patients or more and must remember every detail.
we have great medical care in the USA, it needs fixing, anytime people can make money some will get greedy. Greed is fed by money, greed is also fed by power, be a politician for life disconnects politicians from reality, not all but way too many, the government is screwing up healthcare with thousands of rules and regulations the medical profession must follow.
its the governments interference that is the problem, both parties, democrats and republicans are taking control and have been taking control of healthcare for decades now.
I have to deal with the government all the time, in work and in my personal life, the government has personally screwed me over. Again and again, I hate the government bueracrats, they are costing me personally thousands of dollars.
if we dont take the power away from the career politicians this country is dead and all that live here will suffer, suffer the physical pain of hunger, famine, disease, we must stop congress, both political parties. I think its moronic to beleive the republicans will now save the day, we need to end their political careers, one term in congress, one term as president or vice president, no retirement, no control over taxes, no million dollar marketing campaigns to get elected, no control over increasing spending, no, no, no, no,
A word the politicians do not understand.
If they debate based on your delusion of what you believe I posted ... it won't be much of a debate, since I said I have no idea about how good their health care is, only that they are innovating and responsible for a lot of advances in medical science ... go back and actually read what I posted next time, doing otherwise makes you look like ... well a kid.
