Hey! What do you think of a Universal Health Insurance to the Virgin Islands (US)?
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The people that are complaining don't pay there taxes now. That has always been the problem. If you went in and really studied the tax system, you will find that these people are always working a scam. Tax abatement's, tax shelters, or don't pay their taxes period. They would rather get lawyer to fight the IRS then just pay their fair share, and there are millions of these people. So when somebody says to you I don't want to pay for you, they aren't paying their share in the first place, and that's not American.
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i sure do. Great health insurance great schools for our kids. I love shopping in the comi. and PX , you cant beat the prices. We are stationed right outside Orlando(my husband is a recruiter)
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I looked into retiring in Costa Rica after we had a foreign exchange student.  I believe that Social Security checks will be sent there.  \nningamanoo, asked why one might want to leave the US.  Well, health care is a good reason.  ningamanoo is ignorant on comparative statistics on national infant mortality rates, life expectancy, and a host of other data that suggests that even though the US spends 15% of our GDP on health, we get only 47th place compared to other countries on some measures.  At the Olympics 47th place would put Iraq ahead of us in basketball.  ningamanoo must work for a health care propaganda company.  \nI look forward to other people’s answers.
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Yes because your premise is invalid.\n\nMany people use no health services and some use more than your example. In a population of that size the ones who use less subsidize the ones who use more, just like insurance companies.\n\nBob Higgins\nWorldwide Sawdust
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Adequate and timely medical care for all American citizens is already available. Do you need a list of companies to purchase it from? I have Afflac.
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Only one thing?  \n\nIn this order:\n\n1.  Universal healthcare.  There is no excuse that one of the wealthiest and most powerful nations in the world can not take care of its own.  As to those who are saying that people are dying in Canada because they can not get an operation - where on earth are you getting your information?  I would much rather have a slow health care system and actually know I'll get treated than have a fast system that I can not afford to utilize when I get sick.  As far as dying goes, I'll betcha more people die in the U.S. because they can not afford treatment than are dying in Canada waiting for treatment.\n\n2.  Raise the minimum wage.  Most people who work minimum wage jobs are trying to support themselves and their families, and that can not be done on 5.15 an hour.  Most people who work minimum wage jobs work two or three jobs just to get by.  I don't understand, as another poster stated, that this would take jobs away from teenagers.  That just doesn't make sense, as teenagers would still be hired by McDonald's, whether they paid 5.15 an hour or 8.00 an hour or 10 cents an hour.  \n\n3.  Release funds for USAID and UNFPA, which supplies contraceptives and education to developing countries.  Because AIDS and unwanted pregnancies are bad.
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Too expensive. What if you had surgery, then you got an infection, a serious one? The health unsurance plans in America stink royally. We the payers are getting the short end of the stick for the large Insurance bill. Really good insurance comes from your local farm bureau. Check them out!
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YES!!\n\nAnd it should be affordable, and available to all employees who work enough hours to get benefits. Also, it should be a good program, including coverage for prescriptions, dental, vision, hospitalizations, and routine check-ups.\n\nAs for breaking my bank, it won't affect me. I stopped shopping at Wal-Mart more than a year ago in protest of the way they treat their employees. My personal little boycott doesn't hurt them, but I spread the news around about them wherever I go, and I encourage people to pay a few pennies more and shop at an alternate store where the employees are treated like an asset, rather than a throw-away resource. It's funny how a little education about what Wal-Mart is doing is enough to cause people to rethink their buying. If Wal-Mart is the only place I can get something, I do without it, and I am slowly spreading that idea to those with whom I come in contact. Until Wal-Mart starts doing right by their people (healthcare is just one of the places where they are not paying attention to the needs of their employees), they don't get another penny of my money.
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national health services are free. private clinics etc have their own tariffs so would have to check them individually
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Perhaps the U.S. problem with Hugo Chavez is not what he says but what he stands for. The U.S. gov.   should be feeling its neck over the fact that while  the rest of the civilized western world has comprehensive health care for all of their citizens, the U.S. has more the 40,000.000 people who no coverage at all because of the greed and avarice of the country's health providers.
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I think that's a great idea.  Sure, it'd mean a bit more in taxes, but First Aid and CPR are worth the money, and basic living skills may even save money in the long run by helping out people who aren't well-off stay off welfare and medicaid.
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Omigosh...I am from Jamaica and I am shocked to even think you thought we are that backwards. Listen......Listen.....LISTEN, we are as advanced as the USA. Most of our doctors are trained In England and they bring the latest practices to Jamaica and I dare say to the entire Caribbean. We do not vist bush doctors nor tend to our sick, if we are not trained to!. We have well equipped hospitals that do that for a fee, in some cases it's free. We consider illness an un-fortunate experience but confident that the right medications can take care of anything. So yes, we still go to work even though we may have cancer or even the flu! All employers supply their employees with a health card so that also encourages a visit to the doctor. Omigosh, we have a modern thriving health sector with qualified practioners of all categories, so we do not have to rely on alternate medicines...okay boss??? Welcome to the future!!
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No! Countries which have national health have oppressive tax bases and the systems are highly ineffective and unresponsive. I believe that we should look into to insurance and medical reform. Pricing structures should be examined. For example why should insurance companies be allowed to pay one price to doctors while people off the street must pay more. \nInsurance coverage should be made affordable for all wishing it, perhaps in the form of a government group plan which leverages large scale buying power much the same way as corporations do. \nWe should also review medical savings accounts. Contribution should be allowed to carry over from year to year allowing people to build medical nest eggs. Currently the plan allows tax free contributions, but they are lost if not used in a particular calendar year.\n\nThere are many things we can do to help make Health Care more affordable and available to all in this country, but creating what would be the largest entitlement in American history is not the answer.
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I think it would be great if everyone was offered the same insurance, and were given the option to upgrade it at their own expense! I think it is so terrible that half my family and many more have to go without insurance because it is unaffordable.
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Well a democracy of course. But more specifically, Norway. There is not a huge  gap between the people at the top and those at the bottom. They take care of their own. Everyone has health coverage, and if someone has a condition that requires staying in a warm climate the  government picks up the bill. 26.2% of American children live below the poverty level. In Norway it is less than 4%. The difference between what CEOs earn and what the average worker earns is nowhere near what it is in the US. Taxes are higher, but people don't seem to mind the trade off.
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How about we just do away with marriage and give everyone the same privileges. Health care the same quality for everyone no matter how much they make or who they are sleeping with. Marriage is an outdated concept that is rather limiting. Just my oh so humble opinion. \nLove & Light\nSharon
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It would be huge if they could make some progress on universal health care. It ridiculous the amount of money the US spends abroad but has no money to insure it citizens. \n\nI'd like to see America sign on to the Kyoto treaty. One of the things that makes Bush sound like an idiot is him saying "The science isn't in" when it comes to global warming. \n\nOfcourse, there is the Iraq situation, but if the Democrats can't find an easy way out of that soon, I won't really blame them. They just inherited a mess. I believe that there will never be any way that we could all agree that we did the right thing in Iraq. We can't stay forever, but if we stayed until 2020, soon as we left, the place would collapse into civil war and then we'd be "cutting and running" to some people. \n\nI'd also like to see some economic policies that helped some of the rampant economic inequality in this country.\n\nAnd we really need to give equal rights to gays. They as Americans deserve it, no matter what the religious right says about it, and the money it costs to descriminate against them from judicial fees and time to make legislation to keep them down to the amount of money it costs to kick them out of the military and replace them is just ridiculous. Some our kids are going to look back at this situation and say "I can't believe you guys were fighting over that. You didn't realize you had better things to do?"