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Answered By: Don't Oppress me Bro - 1/2/2008 |
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Because if the US developed a universal health care program, the large corporations that provide drugs, insurance and medical care would lose money and it is all about the profits so they take some money and invest in propaganda about how bad other countries universal care is.
And frightened lemmings buy it.
Answered By: realst1 - 1/2/2008 |
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I tell you what...we stop paying $480 BILLION a year in foreign aide and use that money to hlep out poor...works for me!
Answered By: oldmarine08 - 1/2/2008 |
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The truly poor have Medicaid.
Answered By: stung4ever - 1/2/2008 |
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Because we have allowed the corporations to run the country rather than the people. Our elected officials are more beholding to them than us.
Answered By: John A - 1/2/2008 |
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Cuz America is too busy spendin the money on terrorists things. We get buddy to buddy with all the people who want to hurt us, and leave the good ol' people to make due with the destructive place they're makin it to be.
Answered By: Colonel Pink - 1/2/2008 |
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Because we believe in this archaic thing called liberty.
Answered By: slinkywizzard - 1/2/2008 |
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There is too much profit to be had with the current system.
Answered By: m - 1/2/2008 |
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Um...the United States has government health insurance for the "poor", covering people who make up to TWICE the poverty limit (I make less than that and have full private health insurance through my job) and EVERY kid up to the age of 18.
Answered By: solaran_x - 1/2/2008 |
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Why would the government running health care work any better then the government running education?
Answered By: Michael _ FL - 1/2/2008 |
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We have federal and state programs in place like Medicaid, Medicare, Medical. Also, if you're here illegally you can have free health care too. Besides health care isn't a right, it is a privilege.
Answered By: sha sha Sharonna - 1/2/2008 |
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They aren't!
Think about this really, really hard.
Now, can you name ONE PERSON in America who needs health care and CANNOT GET IT????
The idea of the government running a heath care system is scary. The government has never run anything well. Do you want your health care like public housing, public schools, or Social Security?
Answered By: MrOrph - 1/2/2008 |
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Because of the American capitalist system. "We" might be wealthy, but only a handful of people own all the wealth. The government lets them and helps them accumulate it all to themselves. Big Business and the U.S. government are best friends.
Answered By: Marlena - 1/2/2008 |
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Because the space program and foreign policy is seen to be more important. America should be the leader in universal healthcare, but it fails miserably.
Answered By: Englanda - 1/2/2008 |
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Because we are so mired in politics and the government is overrun with special interest groups and corporations pouring money into lobbying groups. That the congress and representatives somehow are baffled and amazed by all the bulls**T. I am not sure how a supposed public servant gets elected by the people. Then totally seems to forget why they were even elected.
Answered By: dahopdawg - 1/2/2008 |
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You mean health care, right? The US has the best health insurance on the planet. Of course, much of the poor's health issues can be directly tied to obesity. But, we simply can't talk about that now, can we?
Answered By: tx_trotter95 - 1/2/2008 |
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How many of the "poor" choose not to accept benefits that are available? We offer benefits to our employees of which we cover the majority of the cost. 75-85 percent choose not to participate.
Now do I need to pay additional taxes to get worse coverage for my employees who are choosing not to take it in the first place?
Answered By: G-gal - 1/2/2008 |
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In economic lingo it's called "the importance of being second." Meaning, all the other countries of the world get their medical knowledge from the US free of charge and don't have to put much money into research. If the US goes socialized, the entire world will suffer.
Answered By: Frederick M - 1/2/2008 |
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America is not a country of industry any more. It all has moved out. The poor get health care for free because they can not afford to pay for it and hospitals can not turn them away. So, why do we need universal health care?
Answered By: radio80flyer - 1/2/2008 |
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There's this thing called Medicaid. You may have heard of it, as it's been around as long as I can remember. Poor people qualify for it, so how exactly are we behind in providing health care for the poor?
Answered By: a_wood80 - 1/2/2008 |
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Because America is primarily coin operated. Lots and lots of people go through medical school raking up $100K's in medical school debt (4-6 years of medical school will run up a $250K+ worth of school loans), where part of the promise was to make a lot of $.
To provide universal health care, like Canada, means the physicians become "employees" of the system instead of being in charge like they are now. Therefore the AMA lobby will fight to the end to prevent a system like Canada's from happening in the US.
Poor people can get health care at an emergency room. Hospitals won't turn them away. Which brings up the problem with illegal immigration.
Answered By: DoH - 1/2/2008 |
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I would say that the reason is in your question. ou ask about health insurance. Well who would not want a universal health care? Health Insurance Companies. They wouold be the losers in something like that and they are not about to give up the billions per year that they are making. As long as our politicians stay in the pockets of big business they will always be beholding to them.
Answered By: dlee_75 - 1/2/2008 |
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Thank u for ur question now a point blank question because the really don't give a d**n about the poor n r all for helping the rich get richer n I agree with u there is no excuse for the richest country on the planet to have such lousy health care for its citizens n don't try to blame it on i****************s either this has been going on long before immigration got out of hand n became a hot button issue.
If other countries can insure all of there citizens than as u say why in the world can't this country do it very easy to answer just look to the Lobbyist,Pharmaceutical companies,the insurance industry (HMO,) n that is just to name a few am I right or wrong on that n other countries do not have half the riches this country has but like u said why!!
Answered By: Dark Shadows - 1/2/2008 |
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The people who are profiting from the system as it is now and has been for a while; ie ceo's of blue cross, other health insurance companies and drug and medical research companies, make a LOT of money with wedical care privatized. they also have a lot of power in washington because they have all tis money and they can feel large chunks of their proffits to law makers to keep them away from trying to socialise medical care. this money they they use to keep people happy is aitny drop in the bucket compared to what they wouldd lose if medical care was no longer a private business. they can give and give gobs of money to keep this up and still have it not compare to what they would lose in that type of change. i think we will prob get insurance for the poor if we have a real recession as a way to raise moral, hopefully that would be a bennefit to an unfortunate turn, we got social security as a result of the depression. but meanwhile....it's the drug companies and the insurance companies who have a strong hold on the situation and they are doing everything they can (and then can do a lot) to keep things as they are.
Answered By: long lashes - 1/2/2008 |
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Well it might have something to do with the sense of entitlement of all of its citizens. Everyone here feels that they should get something for nothing. While many government systems are kinda traps and pose many problems in being able to get out of them and help yourself, there are so many people who ARE just content to sit by and have the government do everything for them and never contribute themselves. Also American was founded on the ideas of capitalism and simply telling someone they can be anything and make how ever much they want, but then being like well you also need to support the other half of the pop. is kinda a mixed signal. One more small note too, if you really know about socialized health care and how it works in other countries you would realize its pretty jacked to. People still pay ALOT to see their doctor in a prompt manner. If you go with the government health care wiating periods are INSAINLY long and not really that reliable even though you pay very high taxes, most of the time over 50?But other than that year we are behind the curve somewhat.
Answered By: K-Diz - 1/2/2008 |
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As a nurse who has worked in both public and private hospitals, it really gets me angry when I hear that "the poor don't get healthcare". That is a complete load of crap.
I have personally had shifts where I was taking care of a political bigwig in one room and a totally destitute homeless person in another, private, room. All hospitals with an ER/ED within the US MUST provide at least stabilization to ANYONE who comes thru the door, regardless of their ability to pay. If someone doesn't have insurance (including Medcare or Medicaid) and they have walked into a private, for profit hospital, they must still get a work-up to ensure that they are stable enough to be transported to another facility. If someone is not stable enough to be transported to another facility, they must be kept and treated until they are. Period.
Notice that none of the politicians are talking about a lack of heathcare, only a lack of health insurance. Healthcare attempts to make people more healthy. Health insurance makes sure that someone gets PAID. Don't get confused by the two!
This is a blatant move to sucker people into thinking that grandma isn't going to get her insulin or that decent, hard working people can't be seen at a hospital if they are in need of healthcare. Make no mistake about it, if everyone has to be taxed to pay for the healthcare of everyone else, healthcare will be rationed. If and a bureaucrat (who knows nothing about healthcare and everything about paperwork) gets involved in making the decisions about how much money gets to be spent on "X" type of procedure per quarter or per fiscal year, the situation will be much worse for everyone except those who can afford to pay directly for all services and procedures.
Ask anyone in the military what happens to their supplies at the end of the fiscal year (1 Oct - 30 Sep of every calendar year). Often, starting in about July, they are hard-pressed to have enough for office supplies, parts for equipment, fuel, and even ammo. Training has to be done in the most cost-effective (meaning cheapest) ways possible. However, they have to spend every dime that they are allocated for each year or else they won't get as much money the next year OR their automatic 6?ncrease. (It's called baseline spending.) Do you get an automatic 6?ncrease in your pay every year? I don't, and neither does anyone else that I know.
Please don't be a sucker for the political season rhetoric. If the healthcare system is turned into a massive bureaucracy (called in classic Orewellian doublespeak "universal healthcare"), it will do nothing positive for the health and welfare of the American people. It will, instead, force more people to go without quality healthcare and be forced to deal with mediocre healthcare for everyone but the most wealthy.
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Have been a nurse in the military and the private sector.
Answered By: Torin - 1/2/2008 |
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Why don't you get a job and pay for those meds you need? why is it my responsibility? i have a baby who was very ill and in the NICU when he was born. I paid for the insurance that covered his birth.
there are programs that assist people who are disabled and unable to work, the others need a job or two.
(yes i said two jobs, i have had 3 jobs when i was 17. one to pay for my apartment, one to pay for my utilities, and the other to make my car payment and my insurance. now since i am an adult i have one good job.... its up to you how much you work... just work!)
EDIT: about the drug you need, remicade, i have RA too and i take celebrex for the infamation of the joints, and codine to help with the pain that i get.... medicade pays for those two, i just checked.
Answered By: youngTEXASrepublican - 1/2/2008 |
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