Do you think our the people in Congress should get free medical for the rest of their lives along with the otherperks?
202219
Whether or not they should get it is immaterial the are able to vote themselves what ever they want.  Then they write the laws in such a way that they got a job just in case they get voted out of office.
648452
It's not communism, Canada has free health care as well. As I recall the Clintons tried to bring it into the States and it was voted down. We all pay enough taxes that healthcare should be free.
352492
I think all the Beanerdict Arnold's should collaborate some funds and pay for my doctor bill, since they love paying other peoples bills\nEducation: $22.5 billion\nBi-lingual Education: $3.3 billion\nAFDC: $2.4 billion\nSSI: $2.9 billion\nSocial Security: $24.8 billion\nHousing Assistance: $2.6 billion\nCriminal Justice: $2.6 billion\nJobs Lost by Americans: $10.8 billion\nOther Programs: $51.4 billion\nFood Stamps: $7 billion\nHealth Care: $1.4 billion
234476
Yes for somethings healthcare can be free in the US. For most people it is not and we pay for it in way or another.
263119
I think all the healthcare services and products shd be made free. At least after paying out so much from our pockets as taxes, these basic aminities and services should be made free.
339270
We owe each and every soldier.  Upon leaving they should at the least be offered sustaining medical and dental coverage until they get employment.  Some are left with no possibility of future employment!  Where is our responsibility!
355504
Yes, it is possible to establish free healthcare in a nation.\n\nAlmost *every* other developed nation On Earth, that is, in Europe, on the Pacific Rim and on the North American continent, almost everyone who *can* afford to do so has done so.\n\nWe haven't.  Why?  Because the Rich Man Says So.  Not much else really....it's just the suits, and they own the media so they get to play an endless mindgame with us all, telling us that if *one more grandma* got her meds paid for it would just *bankrupt* the nation when poorer countries than ourselves *have* national healthcare that covers *everyone*.....\n\nReally.  And some clever folks will piss and moan about "socialism".  Look....socialism is actually *normal* for the rest of the developed world, ok?  It is.  Look at the UK, France, Austrailia.....even Canada, they all have national healthcare, all have it cheaper than we do, and none of them are bankrupt nations.\n\nThen look at Japan.  They definitely are pacifist, and socialist compared to us...and how do we know this? *America* wrote their constitution post-World War II, that's how!  Think about it.\n\nSocialism is normal for the rest of the world.  It isn't a dictatorship like communism, people still own their property, and the rich guys still get theirs, just not *rapaciously so* like here in the USA....\n\nSo yeah, it's *possible* to have free health care in the US....everyone else who can do it is in fact *doing it*.\n\nWill we?  Nope, because our Rich Men have made us all *retarded*.  Really, they call it "special", but when the cameras are turned off, we all know which meaning of "special" they really mean.....\n\nJust saying.  :)
676182
Why the heck should we reward people who are draining medical resources, social security, schools, community services, etc by giving them a free college education over a legal resident? We who are legal (I'm Native American) pay our taxes and watch people who don't pay anything, get the benifits we can't, because we are legal. \n\n   I have seen illegals given food stamps, subsidized housing, money and free medical care, when American citizens were denied. Yes, I have seen this!\n\n If the illegals want an education, let THEM pay for it not people who would like that education but can't afford it, because they can't get the freebies that illegals get. Give those scholarships to people who deserve them ,because they obey the rules!\n\nIf education is free in Mexico, let them get it there.
132000
Yes, it ought to be universal.  A nation that recognizes basic human rights for all people should naturally include a right to basic health care.  It's already unfortunate that the health of each new life is a role of the dice; adding financial ruin or access to care as an additional role of the dice just compounds the injustice at our own hands.  That, at least, can be fixed.\n\nThe description of the recent Massachusetts reform is incorrect (see http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1807837 or http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060406/ap_on_re_us/health_care ) (and Senators don't make state laws), but it's an interesting idea.  In particular, employers who don't provide insurance have to pay into a fund -- a lesser amount than insurance would have cost, but it creates money to discount insurance for the poor.\n\nBut insurance models are difficult; insurers by nature are in the business of avoiding or gouging people likely to make large claims, and those are exactly the people who need catastrophic health care.
442674
I agree with you wholeheartedly; in fact, I was thinking of answering a similar question. You forgot one thing though health care for everyone we are the richest country in the world.\nTo answer your question I wish I knew how to get it started it is what we need as much as I disagree with republicans I do not think I am better represented by democrats. The only exception being the republicans need to invade our personal lives. This is a perplexing question and one that needs to be answered.
570063
Of course they do.  Here I am a law abiding citizen of the USA and I have a very hard time find anybody that would insure me.  I was born with a bad heart and have a Brain tumor  and by no fault of mine I can't get insured but if I went to prison I would be a burden to the taxpayers and all my medical expenses would be free!!!!!!!!!!!!.   Prisoners do have more luxury than many hard working americans who are law abiding.  Prisoners should get nothing!!  If anything is needed then charge their family members.\n\nPrisons should get only the mininum from taxpayers and nothing more.
619655
Yes we should. \nYou can't even get sick now these day it's so expensive. People rather stay sick than going to the Dr. and I don't blame me them with the high rates .
557240
We need a health care system in this country and it will be hard to get. You know who is in congress. pro business!\n\nWe need a way to pool the Monet, an have some say into some things, like costs!\n\nHMO's who have people who are paid over 2 million a year plus bonus, plus their stockholders. They are taking all that from you before they have paid a thing!! There are over 450 HMO's in NJ!\n\nWhen I retired from the state, all of a sudden the HMO who represents retired state workers can get pills that I was paying over $12.00 each, I can get a 3 month supply for $4.00! That's right! $4.00 for three months!\n\nMedications is too expensive and needs to be brought under control. I don't have an issue with someone making a profit, but a 14 Million dollar income for 1 person in an HMO? That is obscene, and they have at least 3 more making more than 2 million a year. Now multiply that by the # of HMO's and the money they return to their shareholders, who didn't work a damn day!. That's a lot of money that goes to everything but health care.\n\nI have a ton of those example's, and I am sure we have enough smart people, who are not politicians, who can come up with a health care plan. What do you think an HMO is?
314591
The people that work pay for it...even in Canada.  It's called taxation.  The taxes of the working class pays for medical care so that bums who contribute nothing can also have free medical care.
35545
You must be in the UK, as you mention NHS. A colleague of mine who is an SHO (senior house officer=resident) there, tells me there's lot's of waste in that system. If women with HER-2/NEU positive breast cancer (which as you mention are a small percentage) were to receive the drug free of charge, I don't think it would break your system. From what I hear the NHS (British National Health Service) has more problems than giving away expensive drugs. The system probably wastes more money with unnecessary ambulance rides per year than herceptin. But of course this is just heresay on my part. Universal health care is great, however, like everything there need to be checks and balances. The bottom line is poor patients should receive the same standard of care as the wealthy patient. People who cry about paying higher taxes probably wouldn't even notice the difference. Our military (in which I was a former member USMC) wastes more money per hour than this drug would cost us in a year.
470369
Yes, I would. Yes, I have. \n\nYes, I have more to say ... your congressional representatives are there to serve you. They want to know how you feel about issues. They can't and don't vote in a vacuum. They are also great sources of help when you are having a problem with a government agency.
521662
I am one of 45 million people without access to affordable health care. It affects my life every day as I am a diabetic and I do not take all the prescribed medicines that I am suppose to. It will probably shorten my life but it is the best I can do. I do not think it is a big issue for the general public, they are not effected by it one way or the other. But for those of of us that need to be able to see a Dr. regularly, It is a dangerous situation. I think that the real answer is to do away with the private insurance company's and offer national health care so that everyone has access to it if they need it. I understand that this would not be free health care as it has to be paid for by taxes, however I would rather see my money going for people like me then to send 10 billion a month to a war in Iraq that should have never been.