June 26, 200818 yr According to the W.H.O. Hurray! We're #37! Right between those two paragons of healthcare, Costa Rica and Slovenia. http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html These rankings are weighted VERY heavily on fairness in financial contribution. Yet the US is #1 in level of responsiveness and health expenditure per capita. One reason we score lower is because of the obesity levels in this country. That's not an indicator of a bad health system or a poor country. I know too many people who choose McDonalds, cigarettes and beer over catastrophic health insurance.
June 26, 200818 yr If it is all the same to you I don't want to trust peoples' health to market forces and deprive them of medical care if they cannot afford it. If it's all the same to you I don't want to trust a govnerment that breaks everything it touches with my health care. On second thought, they have done such a bang up job with social security let's give them health care. What could go wrong?
June 26, 200818 yr :lol: :lol: :lol: If you buy into that garbage, I have some swampland you may be interested in. I can say the same about you not buying into it. Yes it may be biased but to say there is no truth to what he covered is laughable.
June 26, 200818 yr Hell fire, and I thought they were in 1st. I meant Cuba which was still wrong but close...:lol:
June 26, 200818 yr Universal Healthcare, in theory, sounds great. Everyone gets covered, without exception or discrimination. It just doesn't seem feasible to me. I don't see how it could possibly work. How can the United States pay for it? We're already hearing about how Social Security is in trouble. We have a huge national debt. Universal Healthcare seems like it would be an enormous cost... There are improvements that could, and need to, be made but I'm very skeptical that Universal Healthcare would a) be the best answer and b) actually work.
June 26, 200818 yr Universal Healthcare, in theory, sounds great. Everyone gets covered, without exception or discrimination. It just doesn't seem feasible to me. I don't see how it could possibly work. How can the United States pay for it? We're already hearing about how Social Security is in trouble. We have a huge national debt. Universal Healthcare seems like it would be an enormous cost... There are improvements that could, and need to, be made but I'm very skeptical that Universal Healthcare would a) be the best answer and b) actually work. A) it is a horrible answer and & B) it will actually work to destroy the the best (yes I said best) health care system in the world at the same time bankrupting this country.
June 29, 200818 yr Why? I can't understand the logic behind it, and was hoping to gain some insight as to why it would be a good idea.... The health care delivery system in America has long been viewed as in need of reform or replacement, especially by citizens who are impacted most by the inefficiency and expense they face when they need anything beyond the basics. I feel we do have the best-trained medical professionals and the most modern and well-equipped medical infrastructure in the world, and Americans want to change a system that shortchanges or denies health care to certain groups. Universal health care, which is currently offered in most other large, industrialized nations, appears to offer a solution to the 47 million uninsured and millions more with inadequate coverage in the US. Providing health services for an entire nation requires massive funding that other governments acquire by taxation and/or by premiums for some form of compulsory health insurance required of all citizens. Today in the US, approximately 25% of its citizens including the elderly, children, the poor, and the armed forces are receiving funded health services. With its present health care delivery system under significant strain, it appears that a breaking point for the US health system is not far off. With single-payer insurance, the Government Accounting Office estimates that the amount of savings would easily cover the 47 million uninsured right now. According to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC), outpatient services such as emergency room visits represented the largest increase in health care expense. This has lead to increased insurance premiums and a corresponding increase in the number of uninsured. By educating the public about preventative medicine and home remedies for common illnesses, a huge expense can be removed from outpatient care. Consider the savings that could be realized if everyone with non-emergency conditions (over half of all ER visits) used home remedies or visited their family doctor instead of the Emergency Room for treatment. The average expense for an Emergency Room visit is nearly $850 while a visit to a primary care physician (family doctor) is about $100. No matter what happens in the debate about universal health care, it will be up to the individual to adapt to business as usual or to a health care system managed by the US government. Either way, the real solution lies with the individual.
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