Of course, the correct rhetorical question should be “How stupid do they think we are?” but, after checking the data, we need to face the music, people. We must be, as a nation, one of the most stupid groups of people on earth. thebankruptcynewsdotcom
In other articles I discuss how we must take action to protect our inalienable right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Here I take into our right to life; a healthy one for that matter.
So where are we in the map of nations without Universal Health Care? We share a prominent place with most of the 3rd world. I say, this is real solidarity with those who have less, those countries can feel that a big and powerful brother is right by them.
So, of course, that says nothing. There is no correlation between Universal Health Care and Economy. What’s more, countries with Universal Health Care are so burdened by taxation that they cannot grow the way we do.
For instance, we all know that “Free” health care
I've always thought that going to the doctor for free would be great. From what little I knew about Canada's health care system, I figured, "If only we had what they have!" I may have been sorely mistaken.I got an email today forwarded from a Canadian resident who can easily name a few of the many flaws with Canadian universal health care. Hopefully we can avoid the same. Enjoy:-----------------------------------------------------------"Subject: Canada's Health care system from a Canadian's point of view. Hey Guys. I seen on the news up here in Canada where Hillary Clinton introduced her new health care plan. Something similar to what we have in Canada. I also heard that Michael Moore was raving about the health care up here in Canada in his latest movie. As your friend and someone who lives with the Canada health care plan, I thought I would give you some facts about this great medical plan that we have.First of all:1) The health care plan in Canada is not free. We pay a p
There are various theories floating around about health care at the moment. Each and every single one has an ideal attached to it, in which every single individual gets accessible health care whenever they need it at an affordable rate. However, very few of them actually put a plan into action that dictates how the ideal would be achieved. One of those that does is universal health care. It does imply that every person in the world should have access to basic health care, which would raise the health level of the world. Universal health care also refuses to take factors like age, location and status into account. However, it is slightly optimistic considering the third world does not even have access to basic utilities yet.However, the idea of universal health care is backed by several ideas as to how it can be carried out. Universal health care should in fact be administered via a series of insurance policies that are controlled by the government of any given time. In this way, univer
Universal Health CareWhile the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is just days away from embarking on a new universal health care insurance law, many people, though aware and optimistic, don't believe they should be forced to obtain the insurance they are required to buy.When asked, are you aware that Massachusetts has a new law requiring all state residents to have health insurance, a whopping 92% said "yes," while only 8% indicated "no." Yet, when respondents were asked if they believed that all people will purchase the health insurance they are required to buy, 73% said "no," while only 19% indicated "yes.""These questions suggest a symptom of blind optimism as Massachusetts enters the world of universal health care," said David Paleologos, Director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center. "People expect to receive health care, but not pay for it."When respondents were asked if people should be compelled to buy health insurance even if they don't want it, 42% indicated "yes
Universal Health InsuranceA number of Democratic presidential candidates -- including Sens. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and former Sen. John Edwards (N.C.) -- support health care reform approaches "that borrow from the Massachusetts model," a law enacted last year in that state that "took key elements of the 1993 Clinton plan and made them practical politically," the Washington Post reports. Obama and Edwards have released plans to achieve expanded coverage using elements of the Massachusetts plan. Clinton has outlined an agenda to address health care costs, and is expected to focus on quality and "insuring everyone" later this year, according to the Post.The Post reports that Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist Jonathan Gruber, who helped with the Massachusetts law, has consulted with the three leading Democratic candidates and is "possibly the [Democratic] party's most influential health care expert and voice of realism in its internal debates."
Thank God for the Canadian Health Care System. As you may or may not know, my wife just went through a terrible bout with cancer, (non-Hodgkins Lymphoma) and although the disease will eventually be terminal we hope she still has some decent time left.When the cancer went to what they call "aggressive" she was rushed to hospital and spent they next two months there. She did manage to survive the ordeal (even though the chances were far less than 50/50) and is now back at home recuperating.When I think of what the hospital costs would have been without the government health care I shudder, because the only way out of that mess would have been bankruptcy. (I am self-employed so I don't have one of those fancy private health care plans like I would have needed in the States!)Because all our hospital costs were taken care of by the Canadian and Ontario Government I don't have the financial worries I would have had otherwise incurred, and on top of this I just found out about some really i
John Edwards at a town hall meeting in Dubuque, Iowa on February 18, 2007, talking about his health care plan.John Edwards has recently announced a proposal for universal health care. He was the first presidential candidate so far to do so but is America ready for such a system? When President Clinton proposed a universal health care system it was seen as a huge failure but it started the movement and discussion that has made it more viable today. ABCNEWS/Washington Post poll found that 62 percent of Americans would prefer a universal health care system over the current system and that 32 percent would prefer to stay with the current employer-based system. 59 percent of Americans are worried about the future costs of health care and a growing number of Americans are uninsured. There are currently 46 million Americans that do not have health insurance. Rising health care costs are also affecting the middle class as well as the lower class.According to the same ABCNEWS/Washington Post
