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Do you enjoy paying the phenomenally high taxes for it? I know I would detest spending $6 to $7 for a gallon of gasoline.
As opposed to go bankrupt in case of a medical emergency?
Without any doubt, I would rather get health care from a socialist country such as France.
Some of my relatives live there. Some just died recently without owing anything. Their care were not subpar whatsoever.
There was no line, no restriction nothing.
In fact, France has been rated as the best country to get medical care by the UN.
As far as the gas, there is such a thing as public transportation or an hybrid car.
I have medicare which is "socialized medicine". It's the best plan I have ever had. I never wait for appointments or services. So I say yes. Bring it on.
I think pretty much most countries not named the United States of America do that. The joke is the US ends up paying for those billions the companies spent on R and D while the rest of the world is able to negotiate to get the lowest possible price. So maybe in a weird way the other countries, including the UK, can thank the US for allowing them to get dirt cheap drug prices!
Maybe if the drug companies profit making would be spread out more evenly across the world, it would be a different story and every country would end up paying the same, US prices come down and everybody else's up go.
The joke is you Americans don't seem to notice when those thirteen back-to-back drug commercials (followed closely by the 'ambulance chaser' lawyer commercials) interrupt your news or program viewing to convince you to use a certain blood thinner over another type...… Nowhere else allows that nonsense.
They know you're just gullible enough to demand your doctor give you the latest media driven narcotic or whatever. "Why aren't you giving me a script for "B"? I heard on the TV it's way better than "A" and the only side effect is kidney failure"?
The amount the drug companies spend on R & D is a mere pittance of what they spend on marketing and sales or CEO salaries.
The majority of new drugs are developed through Government grants and independent labs; NOT drug company research.
Then you forgot to add to your burden the cost of purchasing a medical insurance plan that would cover your entire family with no deductibles required, no co-pays required AND would cover you from cradle to grave.
If you can even find such a plan in the U.S. ….how much would it cost yearly...….????
A sample that does not provide everything the rest of us get:
you are right. no healthcare system is perfect. and that is not just a few.
And if socialized medicine is supposed to cover everybody, why are these issues popping up at all?
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Originally Posted by jambo101
No healthcare system is perfect and i wouldnt judge a healthcare system on the few few whose experience is less than ideal, America has its own problems with outragious cost for insurance and pharmaceuticals to the point where tens of millions just cant afford it.
compared to canada where there is a six month wait for an MRI???/
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Originally Posted by PCALMike
Are you terrified of Medicare and want to eliminate it because you are afraid of long waiting times? America actually has longer waiting times on plenty of procedures than universal health care countries.
I think pretty much most countries not named the United States of America do that. The joke is the US ends up paying for those billions the companies spent on R and D while the rest of the world is able to negotiate to get the lowest possible price. So maybe in a weird way the other countries, including the UK, can thank the US for allowing them to get dirt cheap drug prices!
Maybe if the drug companies profit making would be spread out more evenly across the world, it would be a different story and every country would end up paying the same, US prices come down and everybody else's up go.
You've bought into the pharma propaganda, lock stock and barrel.
Why not stand up for yourself and fight back instead of carrying the water for the ruling class who bribe the politicians you vote for and tell them these scripted lies to serve the people?
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