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That is a VERY IGNORANT STATEMENT if I ever saw one! Most of these jobs DON'T HAVE HEATHCARE!!! What USA are you living in?? Do you know how much premiums are??? Many people can't even get coverage!!!! Thanks to a company that are paid bonuses to deny you!
Can you reply without getting emotional and yelling?
There are plenty jobs available right now that people just won't take, without a job you certainly can't afford even basic health coverage so why not take a job and become productive instead of sitting around waiting for the perfect position with perfect benefits to come along?
Yep, and all of us in the pool have to pay. Now a large number of people in the US pay no taxes at all, if UHC is government-provided healthcare how will the govenrment pay for the people who don't contribute?
The UK does it through "National Insurance" which is separate to tax and a bit similar to how we pay for Social Security.
Britain has always had a private sector that operated in parallel with and integrated with the public system. What many people do - either privately or through their employer - is to buy "top-up" insurance. That way they use the NHS system for primary care but, if they have something that needs to get done (usually non-urgent), they have the option of going private.
So why do people slam UHC in England if they have the options to purchase private insurance??????
Yep, and all of us in the pool have to pay. Now a large number of people in the US pay no taxes at all, if UHC is government-provided healthcare how will the govenrment pay for the people who don't contribute?
Imagine if you didn't have to pay more, but less! Everyone is covered. That means, the healthier people are, the more productive to society they are, therefore saving you MORE money on your taxes, you would have to pay for on uninsured peoples emergency care visits that they otherwise couldn't pay for anyway.
You do realize your are already being taxes as many dollars for health care as a UHC sysyem would cost, don't you?
Why do you think I support the Tea Party? We are taxed more than enough already to provide basic services to the entire country. We are already overtaxed right now in order to pay for things the government should never provide. People like myself might be more willing to compromise on things like health care if we weren't forced to pay for things that can't be justified in any way other than a hand out. If the gov. were able to cut spending significantly in all areas (including defense) we could easily afford health coverage for those who aren't able to physically be productive or those who are in desperate situations, not those who choose to live off of the gov. because it's become the easy way.
Can you reply without getting emotional and yelling?
There are plenty jobs available right now that people just won't take, without a job you certainly can't afford even basic health coverage so why not take a job and become productive instead of sitting around waiting for the perfect position with perfect benefits to come along?
You really don't get how it really is out there. People are taking any jobs they can find! Are you kidding? Many Americans are either unemployed, or underemployed and working 2-3 part time jobs, living paycheck to paycheck! Even people with degrees!!!!
Question: Why is Medicare, designed to provide affordable health care system to the elderly, is unaffordable?
because it was never affordable
the demographics of those on medicare is the most expensive (costly) demographic (sorry to say it but the eldery require more and more heath costs)
medicare has never been truely affordable to the elderly since its not a 100% coverage singlepayer system like medicaid (it requires the eldery to pay into the system and to buy PRIVATE supplemenatal insurance
the problem is not costs of incusrance or cost pof medicare/medicaid....its the general costs of healthcare...and no government or private company can controll that,,,especially when you have the FED devaluing the dollar
look at last yaers budget...medicare cost the federal government over 500 billion....medicaid cost the federal government 300 billion...that's 800 billion FEDERAL dollars (your income/payroll/corporate tax dollars) just to cover 70 million people....our population is 320 million...
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