Why are Americans such idiots when it comes to healthcare (money, state)
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Medicaid money comes from state and federal taxes. If you buy anything in this state (food and clothing are not exempt from sales taxes here), you are paying sales tax. Many medicaid programs have co-pays. Granted, those don't begin to cover the cost of a visit, but it's incorrect to say that most on Medicaid do not pay one red cent.
IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT......HOW MANY PEOPLE IN YOUR COUNTY OR STATE LIVE OFF OF WELFARE OR GOVERNMENT BENEFITS AND RECEIVE MEDICAID?
HOW MANY PEOPLE IN YOUR COUNTY OR STATE ARE TAXPAYERS AND RECEIVE MEDICAID?
There are very few people in this state who are paying NO taxes. I can't think of a single example.
Your right - when that guy borrowed a cigarette from me the other day while I was standing outside a restaurant, I said "When are you going to pay me back?"
He said, "After I pay my taxes."
Your right - when that guy borrowed a cigarette from me the other day while I was standing outside a restaurant, I said "When are you going to pay me back?"
He said, "After I pay my taxes."
What the ??? If he buys cigarettes, he pays taxes, both federal and state.
Mr England look here........America already has Free HealthCare or better yet Control Health Care that they cannot even handle right now called MEDICAID......these people that receive this insurance do not pay one red cent and receive all the benefits you receive in England and maybe more ...... The bad about all of this we the taxpayers pay for it over and over again.....also the long waiting list to see the doctor or better yet the control of what doctor you can see and when
We Americans today do not want to be control by the Government for every blasted thing we do.....yes some feel this is great ..... But the bottom line is that if you really need surgery or medical help in America you can get it with or without money (State and County Health Care Facilities)
NO America does NOT have free healthcare. The tax we pay funds medicaid. The only way to get surgery or medical help in America is either to qualify for medicaid etc or go to a Emergency room and then refuse to pay the bill which means the tax payer pays for your treatment..... not very good and is dishonest but it is done everyday in America. The UK does not have free healthcare either as it is paid by a tax and the taxpayer pays for the health system. It does mean that if a Non taxpayer needs health care they DO get it without having had put towards it but that is a small price to pay for a health care system that treats EVERY person in the UK without any fear of financial hardship. No one in the UK begrudges other Citizens health care. Medicaid is a band aid trying to cover a huge wound and that is why it is not a great example of how a UHC works...far from it.
We also decide in the UK what Doctor we see and what Hospital we use... it is not decided by outside forces or the Govt. as in America where the Insurance Company decides who you see and only use Doctors who are on their particular scheme. The American system is far less flexible than the UHC in the UK.
I dont mind this statement at all, as long as neither the federal or state goverments are involved with it.
The only way America will ever have a Health System that places health first and profit second is if the Govt runs it. I wish people would realise that the most expensive disasters are made by the corporations and not Govt. The Govt. has to cater for far more people than any Corporation and they have done this over and over again yet the brainwashing of the American people against the Govt is now at fever pitch. The reason for this is NOT Govt. failure but inter party hatred that has to destroy the party in power to get back into office.
The Govt unfortunately does not help itself because it plays the game and tries to stay in office by dropping good plans just to please the public and keep its favourability ratings up. One sign of displeasure and the Govt cuts and runs.
The only way America will ever have a Health System that places health first and profit second is if the Govt runs it. I wish people would realise that the most expensive disasters are made by the corporations and not Govt. The Govt. has to cater for far more people than any Corporation and they have done this over and over again yet the brainwashing of the American people against the Govt is now at fever pitch. The reason for this is NOT Govt. failure but inter party hatred that has to destroy the party in power to get back into office.
The Govt unfortunately does not help itself because it plays the ganme of trying to stay in office by dropping good plans just to please the public and keep its favourability ratings up. One sign of displeasure and the Govt cuts and runs.
and since the goverment does not give a damn about the health of its citizens, i sure as hope to heaven that the feds never ever get control of all the money coming from health care.
if they do, I will probably just stop paying.
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while I was standing outside a restaurant, I said "When are you going to pay me back?" 
