Countries with universal health care... Argentina,Australia,Austria,Belgium,Brazil,Canada,Cuba,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Ireland,Israel,Italy,Japan,The Netherlands,New Zealand,Norway,Poland, Portugal,Russia, Saudi Arabia,Seychelles,South Korea,Spain,Sri Lanka,Sweden,The Republic of China (Taiwan),and the United Kingdom are among many countries that have various types of universal health care systems. Mexico,South Africa, and Thailand are among those nations attempting to implement universal health care systems. Can someone care to explain why these countries can do it and the U.S. can't? The government would just have to find a way to cut costs elsewhere to pay the insurance premiums without raising taxes. Anyone care to suggest how they can cut costs?
Because the quality and cost of our healthcare system dwarfs those that you mentioned. Big difference. There is an old saying, "you get what you pay for".
The "The EU vs. USA" study is incredible. Just because you claim there are obvious flaws and dont think the conclusions are valid, doesnt make it so. The study made sure to compare tangible things instead of just money for a reason. Its a fair comparison. Yes, a car does in fact signify a certain standard of living duh. You actually think its a burden instead of a luxury? Tell that to the third world people who travel around in carts with a donkey or on foot. Give me a break, you are way off the deep end here. Americans have more cars, bigger homes, more Tv's, more just about everything. Sorry to burst your bubble, but just about in every way, we have a higher standard of living and that is a fact. Go read the study directly, not just some short piece on it. Its really eye opening. Take a look at the europeans effective tax rates. Id eat a bullet instead.
Here is what I dont get. If you make lots of money, you get to buy a big house. If your poor, you rent a little piece of crap. If you make lots of money, you drive a BMW, if you dont, you have a 10 year old civic. If you make lots of money, you can afford great insurance that covers everything, if you dont, you get crap govt insurance. Where is the issue? Tired of these SOCIALIST ideas. Listen closely, I DONT OWE ANYONE GREAT HEALTH INSURANCE VIA MY TAX DOLLARS!!! Its a free market! You like countries with socialized healthcare? Great, MOVE TO ONE!
After Universal health care the debate will change, obviously itâs unfair that those living healthy have to pay for those living unhealthy. Big government fans will start to talk about taxing everything that is not healthy smoke, alcohol, sugar the list can be made endless. Once the government starts to grow it can only grow more. Sooner or later u are the governments property..
The reason that it takes so long to get an appointment in Florida is because there are so many old people in Florida competing with each other to get the appointments.
You are a smart guy, come on. You are comparing your operation to the federal government's. State is even worse, you must forget that state govs are broke nowdays & run with pure incompetence. There are already too many tax games to keep track of, this would only add more. No sense in using taxes when using premiums is more efficient. A lower tax raise for the whole population for eligibility and premiums to actually use and be active. You know, just in case when your corporation moves operations offshore and you need that surgery next month. Of course, no tax raises are needed, if anything, they should be lowered. All that money that we lose to Social Security, there is the source. You can't do that as a politician. Segregating healthcare for people based on habits that are very heavily promoted by major corporations. As a corporation you can do that, not as the government. Smoking, yes, but that's only due to the major court cases. Fast food, that's a direct attack on McDonalds. Drug use is a whole other issue. You can do all of this through premiums, like private healthcare does. Either way, how can you really monitor this? If you disclose it publicly, people will just lie or make a big fuss. First of all, most of that is a total scam and has the opposite effects than those desired. Like "diet" coke, which actually screws up your metabolism. Cosmetic surgery is far from healthy, so are most diet plans. Most supplements, over 90% in my book, are pure chemical crap. Smoke & mirrors. Second of all, the "health" & vanity industry will never compare to that of the food conglomerates, healthcare & big pharma. Not even close. Unless you start measuring health based on number of residents per hospital beds or how many pills you take to suppress your symptoms. Some studies are held this way. Third, anyone who practices true health is of little value to corporate America. Most of my food comes from small farmers who practice real farming, not factory monocropping. Same for supplements, they usually come from small companies who try to make whole food derived nutrients, not synthetics. Very few of my products come from big brand names. There is little profit in a healthy population. Billion dollar companies are built around creating, labeling & treating diseases but never curing them. All the money is in the treatment, not the cure. Especially when the cure cannot be patented and grows naturally.