Wednesday
My ears bleed when I hear "National Healthcare".
I attended a seminar yesterday morning about socialized medicine. The presenter was a very well informed MD that had all of the statistics demonstrating how bad our health care system is and how the corporate Executives are becoming extremely rich while everyone else is footing the bill. This might be true, in some ways. Some of his points were interesting and I would agree to some extent that our poor are underserved in receiving medical care. It's not the "poor" that get screwed on this deal, states like ours in the Midwest have one hell of a program for the "poor", it's the "working poor" that take it in the shorts. It's unfortunate for the families where both parents work for little over minimum wage and cannot afford to pay for employer provided healthcare plans.Is a "National Health Plan" needed to provide coverage for all? I am strongly against this "fix" to the problem. This is another facet in life that should not be turned over to the government. The National Health Care movement is gaining traction, but is still a long way from being viable in my opinion. I have compiled my thought on why a "Canadian" health program is a bad idea:
1) First, you have to believe access to healthcare is a right not a privilege. (I'm not, sure where I stand on this.)
2) We will not have a successful tort reform policy with the current bill of lawyers in Congress.
3) Too many people are making too much money in this business=POWERFUL LOBBY
4) If Uncle Sam started paying the bill, reimbursement rates would fall, shareholder value would diminish, facilities would shrink, and R&D would dramatically slow. This is a chain reaction that would halt any economic growth in the future.
5) We do not need to pay another 5-15% tax on our income. (The wealthy would have an all-in tax rate of around 60% once state and local taxes are included, VIVA LE FRANCE!)
6) Massive layoffs, as the private insurers would no longer be needed.
7) Waiting lists for non-critical surgeries.
8) We would be more like FRANCE and CANADA!
~Milt
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This patriotic American believes that the U.S. can do anything better than either Canada or France, unfortunately you don't. That's too bad, this is the greatest country in the world and we can do National Healthcare better. First of all, you don't have to participate if you don't want to; where Canada and France get it wrong is, they don't give tax credits to those who opt out, the U.S. would. As for the "waiting lists", in Canada or France, if you don't want to "wait", you can step out of line and pay for it yourself; for those too poor to pay themselves? If they're "non-critical", who would care about the wait. Most Americans have a "can-do" attitude, to bad you don't.
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: 3:17 PM
Thanks for the comment. You're right, America is the greatest country in the world and that is why we need to stay away from socialized medicine. We ARE better than France and Canada in every aspect of life. I'm not even refering to the
"rifle dropper" angle of the argument. This is my opinion of course, and that doesn't mean we are without problems here. Look at some previous posts in this blog especially Will's about the Labor Laws in France. Social medicine leads to an "I deserve", "you owe me" attitude in other areas of life. Those are not virtues on which to build a prosperous world.
P.S. You don't have to be anonymous on this blog, we openly welcome disagreement.
~Milt
"rifle dropper" angle of the argument. This is my opinion of course, and that doesn't mean we are without problems here. Look at some previous posts in this blog especially Will's about the Labor Laws in France. Social medicine leads to an "I deserve", "you owe me" attitude in other areas of life. Those are not virtues on which to build a prosperous world.
P.S. You don't have to be anonymous on this blog, we openly welcome disagreement.
~Milt
Glad to see you guys back!!. I was wondering if life had you as busy as me. I myself have been in hiatus for a myriad of reasons but need the writing and banter to get the cobwebs off... lets rock and roll!!!
God, WE ARE GREAT THAN CANADA & FRANCE! THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, How do you know this? Have you ever lived abroad, at least in Canada or France, to state this?
instead of wasting Billions on some stupid war there should be Free Healthcare!
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instead of wasting Billions on some stupid war there should be Free Healthcare!
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