Comments on: Poll: Majority Would Pay Higher Taxes For Universal Health Care

[bashdj]

While the Canadian Healthcare system has it's weaknesses, I can tell you one of the greatest advantages of a Universal Healthcare System:

No Fear ! No Stress !

Canadians walk around everyday not fearing getting sick or getting injured and not being able to pay for care. We have no fear of losing our homes or going bankrupt over a health issue. Sure it's not perfect and it needs work, but the peace-of-mind it gives us is priceless and a health benefit as well.

Created by Keifer Sutherland's grandfather no-less,lol

The critics and media in the U.S. like to run our Healthcare into the ground but don't believe everything you hear. It is very comforting to have our system.

Good luck in reforming yours.
I wish you all the peace of mind that we enjoy.

[sjc_1]

HMOs said that they would manage health care. They managed to increase their profits by denying health care to their customers.

The big scare in 1993 was that you could not pick your own doctor. That is what HMOs did, they have a "group" and if you do not go to them you pay much more.

National Health Insurance would be an affordable PPO. You can go to any doctor you want, you will just get better coverage for a lower premium payment.

[lostfreedom]

Yo, sleepyric.
That's how liberals do their math.

[sjc_1]

I would offer National Health Insurance to those that wanted it. Private insurance takes more than 20% off the top, Medicare takes less than 2% to administer. Public can compete with private. Private always says that they can do everything more efficiently, let's see them do it.

[iam4honesty]

Get rid of the medical insurance companies and nationalize the pharmaceutical industry. Not only would no new taxes be necessary but the ridiculous profits being pillage by these corporations would go back into the system to improve it.
Posted by noloyalisti


EXACTLY!!!

And, for those who like to parrot the nonsensical 'talking points' of the far right... 'universal health care represents long waits and substandard care'... you're full of shiiit! you have not talked to anyone from a country with universal health care, and you certainly haven't traveled. You're just a lemming repeating what you have been told to believe.

Even Costa Rica, yeah Costa Rica,( that little country in Central America) has better quality health care than the United States... universal care.

[noloyalisti]

Get rid of the medical insurance companies and nationalize the pharmaceutical industry. Not only would no new taxes be necessary but the ridiculous profits being pillage by these corporations would go back into the system to improve it.

[danwithers]

You gotta remember that 40-45% of people (all Dems) don't pay ANY federal income tax now. ZERO. So, yea, those people are OK with paying "more" taxes because they know they likely are not going to pay anyway. The "more" taxes applies to those who already pay taxes.

This is going to be a f'ing disaster.

[jonesjep]

Anyone who likes the idea of the US Government running health care I suggest you take a trip to your local VA Hospital or travel to a hospital in England. Check into the British Government denying cancer treatment for breast cancer. Check into the 2 year waiting list for hip replacement. Imagine your mother in constant pain for 2 years while she waits. Check into that they do not provide ultrasounds for pregnant women. The US healthcare system is not perfect, but it is the highest quality in the world. Nobody in this country can be denied health care. It is the LAW!! I have no problem with all of your medical expenses being tax deductable. Ahhhhh...but that won't work for the Libs because they know that ~50% of the US working population does not pay any taxes. We are already losing manufacturing jobs because we have the second highest tax rate in the industrialized world. I am sure that corporations will flock to the US and provide millions of jobs just so they can pay even more taxes for the folks who have added the "Free Health Care" Amendment to the Constitution.

[der_schwarze_Ritter]

The pollsters didn't consult me. I don't think you have a right to health care and I certainly would be unwilling to pay for someone else's health care through higher taxes. Indeed, what happens to those who are happy with the status quo? Will we be forced to go along with this scheme? I have no interest in a health care system that rations care, eliminates research and development for new drugs and medical devices, and can only guarantee access to a waiting list to see a doctor or specialist.

[afmcalax]

Yes, the I got mine; scr*w the rest crowd is out in force today. Universal health care would be paid for by increased taxes on everyone (and hopefully on businesses also). The point being that if everyone is covered then the risk is spread and the system is sustainable. The premiums that businesses pay, the portion employees pay, and the cost that society pays for subsidizing the uninsured goes away. Healthcare is now portable so you can explore career opportunities without having to consider healthcare benefits. Our major corporations become instantaneously more competitive because they are no longer needing to expend large amounts of money on employee healthcare. Blood sucking companies that pay no benefits to seek a competitive advantage no longer have that option. The legacy health costs for retirees from the auto companies go away and again makes them more competitive for the future.

Every major industrial power has universal healthcare except for the United States. We provide some of the highest cost care to the fewest citizens. We need to start to realize that maybe the rest of the world knows more than we do.