10-20-2008, 12:10 PM
if the Canadian healthcare is so bad ...why aren't they flooding across to the usa? why are we going to canada and mexico to buy meds(and get dental in mexico)?
the basic problem is running healthcare through any type of
for-profit insurance company...insurance companies siphon off aproximately $1 trillion of the $2.4 trillion spent on healthcare per year for profit,advertising etc...it's a very inefficient way of delivering healthcare ...which is the point i guess....
a single-payer medicare type system'd solve that ...payments would go directly to doctors,clinics,pharmacists...etc...
i find it interesting that people have this aversion to any kind of social spending as some type of socialist or communist conspiracy....don't we like those socialist programs like the fire department and police? one of the greatest handicaps on american competitiveness is a lack of a universal health system....all our major trade competitors have it...japan,korea,canada...europe...even china!!!
the personal responsibility thing seems to be kinda strange too...talk about a police state! now we will control your diet for maximum corporate profits! how many people speed or jaywalk...or eat too fast.. eat raw fish etc...all behaviors that can affect your risk of health trouble...do we need cameras to make sure you didn't get hurt playing football you little kid? football's dangerous behavior you know...
the basic problem is running healthcare through any type of
for-profit insurance company...insurance companies siphon off aproximately $1 trillion of the $2.4 trillion spent on healthcare per year for profit,advertising etc...it's a very inefficient way of delivering healthcare ...which is the point i guess....
a single-payer medicare type system'd solve that ...payments would go directly to doctors,clinics,pharmacists...etc...
i find it interesting that people have this aversion to any kind of social spending as some type of socialist or communist conspiracy....don't we like those socialist programs like the fire department and police? one of the greatest handicaps on american competitiveness is a lack of a universal health system....all our major trade competitors have it...japan,korea,canada...europe...even china!!!
the personal responsibility thing seems to be kinda strange too...talk about a police state! now we will control your diet for maximum corporate profits! how many people speed or jaywalk...or eat too fast.. eat raw fish etc...all behaviors that can affect your risk of health trouble...do we need cameras to make sure you didn't get hurt playing football you little kid? football's dangerous behavior you know...