#152 | Posted by truthhurts
Truth, I agree with everything in your post except
"We need single payer universal healthcare."
It's sad to see Insurance Companies taking advantage of a monopoly that our government set up! It's neither the Republicans' nor the Democrats', but both! It's just another head on a 2-headed monster.
The other reason I think there is a problem with universal healthcare is that it's simply moving the dysfunction of our Health Care System from Big Business to the Government. It will continue to be very expensive with limited access, and I personally feel that the quality will plummet.
Like I said before, Americans are not Europeans. We can't accept Socialism under any circumstances. We don't like paying into SS and Medicare and think it's a waste, but you can't take it away from us because we've already paid for it!!! It's ours! You can't have it!! That doesn't sound like Socialism to me.
What did old folks do before Medicare? They received care, they paid for it...
Think about this question:
Is the cost of medical care for the elderly higher now because the cost of providing care went up? Or, is it high now because this HUGE fund we call Medicare is there to pick up 70% of the cost!??!
Think about that.
Here's something else to ponder along those lines. If you look at the polls of Doctors and Providers around the world, they say that the US spends more on equipment, drugs, and new procedures than any other country in the world.
In my opinion, we are buying the state-of-the-art of everything that comes off the line: drugs, medical equipment, facilities, clinics, hospitals, etc... And the rest of the world is either being choosier or taking last year's model at a discount.
Essentially, we are paying for the innovation of Medicine for the entire world!!!
But, now we can't afford it.
