FA_Q2
Gold Member
I don't disagree BUT the reason I do not support UHC has nothing to do with long wait times and it should not have anything to do with long wait times, our system has that NOW.In my area we very seldom have to wait more than a week to get an appointment. It all has to do with the availability of doctors. UH sure as hell ain't gonna fix that and will probably make it worse.
A few years I developed a cancer. Since I am a veteran I could have got it treated for free from the VA. However, it would have been a long bureaucratic process, typical of the government.
Instead I decided to pay the deductibles and co payments and get it treated right away. There were three excellent facilities in my area that wanted my business. It cost me a few thousand but I got great treatment almost immediately. The cancer is cured now. Had I waited for the damn VA it would have taken a very long time and I have no idea the level of treatment I would have got. I probably would be dead now.
Health care is too important to be put into the hands of the government, that usually fucks up everything it touches.
I trust private enterprise to give me the best treatment at the lowest possible price much more than I trust some government bureaucrat that doesn't give a damn about me and whose boss is a politician elected by special interest groups.
I have been under care in fully socialized systems as well, we started my sons treatment in Germany. The care was reasonable but you have, quite literally, no control over what they do to you. That is not a good place to be, particularly if you happen to fall outside the mean. If you are a one off case, you are dead.