Why is universal health care a bad thing for America?
919389
It's not - a universal catastrophic health care plan for all American citizens for one year would cost less than one day of our current adventure in Iraq.
667948
Over 50% of America doesn't have any health care, and that is why it cost so much. That is what the providers want in order to keep the cost's up just like the gasoline is going up. They call that an open market. I call it I don't have any health insurance.
263398
We have WORKING Americans who are not even afforded these luxuries.  Paying for noncontributors and not even being able attain these services themselves is not fair. This is what is making health care, college education, etc. unattainable to working class people.  Why should we pay for them when we can't get these things ourselves?
912551
Americans are ridiculous about socialised medicine. Instead of putting government money towards a working plan that grants all Americans equal opportunity to be healthy, they shove it all into a big stupid war. In Canada, we are a capitalist country with a socialised medical plan that works well. Studies have actually demonstrated that Canadian medicare is overall more efficient and of a higher quality than American privatised health care. And doctors can manage to pay it off, because in Canada university education sin't as expensive either! i would know, as both my parents are doctors.\n\nEDITED TO ADD: Canada is also a large contributer to medical research. This is usually paid for by research centres and universities and has little to do with the socialized healthcare system.
448489
We are the land of the free. The USA is not an evil place. It's just we have the wrong people running this country. There priorities are messed up. If we can all come together and take care of our own problems first then worry about someone else's problems, we wouldn't be considered evil.
161111
me neither, but america is supposed to be responsible for americans, some are not eligible for medicaid or medicare,welfare or other care,so the hit the streets,along with there children. but since they are already here, the government doesnt need to make thim friends, so they are forgotten,rather than take care of your own.\nkinda like teddy right,veterans we will take care of you, now it is only if you have other insuraance and are 100%, not 80 or 70, or just missing one leg, or arm or and eye and a arm, it is 100% service coonected.\nwell what about the 100% american citizen, like i said they dont need made friends with, and we need more quick food stop owners and cabbies for when all the american die off:)
74604
If anyone enters an emergency room, poor, destitue, illegal, uninsured and has a life threatening condition they will be treated, that is humane.\n\nAs far as general hospital and insurance costs check out this article: http://www.sierratimes.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=23&topic=385\n\nBTW: we also pay raising prices at retail stores to shop lifting, there are numerous issues we face in society which are burdens we all must carry financially.\n\nThat's life. But I hear your point.
639719
Sure, health insurance is VERY expensive.  Why?  Because the hospital charges so much.  Why does the hospital charge so much?  Because the insurance companies make SO much money that they want to cash in on it.  Why do they have so much money?  Because they charge you so much to cover you.  Vicious cycle.  \n\nTechnically your employer doesn't have to pay any of your health insurance.  One of the big ways to retain employees or get new ones is to have a good benefits package.  Some people take jobs just for the health care.  Next time you get the chance to vote, vote against the Republicans.  Democrats really do try to get people covered for health insurance.  If you didn't know why you voted for who you voted for last time, this is a good reason. \n\nYou other option is to move to Canada.  Their health care system is pretty much free health care for everyone.  It's more in depth than that, but I know someone that moved to Canada because they were expecting a child and it was a complicated pregnancy.  \n\nI didn't mean to turn this into a political soapbox thing, but I hate when people vote for a candidate because that's just what party they normally vote for.  Or because they don't like the other guy.  People need to start voting for the president that will spend the gov't's money in line with your values, cares about the economy, will keep gas prices as low as possible, will create programs for more people to go to college, foreign policy (not just having a strong arm), etc.  Gun control and abortion should not sway your vote either way, you will always be able to own a gun and kill your fetus legally in one way or another.  And voting morally is pointless, there is no morality in politics, whether people want to believe their candidate is more moral or not.
88399
nope, not a long as they can hold down the poor with outrageous prices. That and its one way of comiting legal genocide. See if you get sick in this country and you can't afford the OUTRAGEOUS health insurance premiums chances are you make too much to get public assistance. By the time you do qualify? The cancer or what ever it is thats killing you will be too far advanced to do anything about.I have asthma. I can't even buy health insurance, life insurance or any other kind of insurance..and as you may have guessed ...I can't afford the medicines I need either. I am but one of millions with this problem.. Until we do something about our current government structure.. NOTHING will change. The rich will become richer the poverty stricken will starve and the middle class?.. well they slipped below the poverty line years ago. They just set things up so that you make one or two dollars too much to qualify for assistance yet can't afford health insurnace. MEAN time? they pump billions of dolars into forein counties that hate us..bolstering their programs while Americans do without!
61807
In the US you can get superior medical treatment by paying more, and you don't have to wait for it.\n\nCanada's healthcare system is overall better because it covers everyone at acceptable levels.
451212
Bottom line.  He wants votes.  Just think about it.  His is the first state to actually bring in universal healthcare.\n\nAll of America is going to vote for this guy just on that fact alone.
929580
personnally it is the aim to amount wealth at the expense of everything else, ie use the army to amass policital control in another country then pay american companies to work there the companies of course are mass benefactors to the republican party.  \n\nOffer no government health care to your people so the poor die.  As a brit it amazes me that the richest country in the world cannot afford to pay healthcare for their poorest people.  Your government really scares me.
686148
We are NOT all fine. There are people who cannot are refused health care because an illegals got there first. Auto insurance is higher than it should be because illegals don't pay for it. Apartments and home rentals are higher because of the inflated demand caused by illegals. America is suffering in many ways as a result of these illegals.
192253
there are jobs that dont make it worthwhile for some americans to take.  People on welfare make more in welfare than they would it they work, the system here needs to be changed.  Unions make it hard to hire employees who might do these jobs; prisoners, kids, etc.  companies that have to pay health care, insurance, etc for legal workers.  I think what bush means is that its bad for the companies profits not to be able to hire illegals, pay them low wages, give them no benefits, and tell them to get lost when the work is done.
891358
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?"
663930
Hospitals offer everyone emergency care whether they can pay or not.  Medicaid is a government-run health insurance program that helps low income folks with their care.\n\nIt's still a problem though.  I have a friend with leukemia, and she doesn't have health insurance and she earns too much money to qualify for government assistance, but not enough to pay for her treatment.  The American Cancer Society is paying for her treatment, but not her prescriptions.  It's far from a perfect system.\n\nI have another friend in Canada, where health care is socialized.  She had a worrisome spot on her skin and also a lump under her skin.  Her doctor was concerned and referred her to a specialist.  She had to wait 6 months before she could get an appointment.  It turns out it wasn't cancer, but if it was, that wait could have killed her.  That system is very far from perfect too.\n\nAs far as bankruptcy, there's not a whole lot of shame in it anymore, and if it was for medical reasons, it won't hurt your chances for a loan as much as you may think.  Bankruptcy only stays on your financial records for 7 years, so it won't haunt you for your whole life.\n\nBut your general premise that being poor is not as advantageous as being wealthy is right.  It's true in many ways including in health care.
925225
Bad for our country.  They may earn $5 an hour, under the table, and suck thousands in welfare and free medical care.