Ray From Cleveland
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As the saying goes, you get what you pay for; well most of the time. The U.S. spends 4 times more per person on healthcare and nearly five times more per person on administration than Canada does. Assuming the US would adopt a system with such drastic reductions in healthcare cost is purely speculative and IMHO very unlikely. If Medicare for All is implemented in the US, it will be democrats that do it and as we are well aware, democrats tend be quite generous when it comes to spending federal dollars on social programs.While this is true, you can get insurance that does have contracts with your doctor or facility. It might not be easy or cheap, but it can be done. With government monopolizing the industry, then you go where they tell you.
When I talk to Canadian drivers, the young and middle-aged people love their system. The older ones warned me about supporting the same in our country. So once it's there, you'll never get rid of it. Senior citizens (or any one group of people) would be the minority, so even a public vote won't get rid of it yet alone any politician or party. Now that I'm reaching that age, I fear healthcare rationing since it's the older folks that would suck up most of the resources and costs.
And I'm sure our grandchildren will be so thankful.
Look, you've made it clear you're a selfish prick looking out only for yourself and your immediates. Fair enough. You don't gaf about our grandchildren. Or you'd howl about spending on endless bogus illegal wars across the globe.
So when have I done that?
You do know that this country will eventually implode because of our debt, don't you? How is that being selfish?
Speaking of selfish, every other generation before ours tried to make this a better country for the next. How did we lose that value to the point we only care about ourselves and to hell with the people after us? Oh yes, now I remember, liberalism.
"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution, that grants Congress the right, of expending on articles of benevolence, the money of their constituents."
James Madison, annals of Congress, 1794
Imagine how financially sound our country would be had we only adhered to Madison's words.
My Medicare plan is great, beats the socks offa anything I was offered through pharma employers for decades. Sorry to hear about your personal financial situation relative to healthcare.
Your constitution also laid out how we were to go to war, we've paid no attention to that since WWII. A little consistency would go al long way in attempting to establish some credibility here Ray Ray. Your constitution is as inconsistent as the law is in america.
What's inconsistent about it? We haven't declared war on anybody since WWII.