- witheverything;:
- You can't deny that the system is more abused then it is used to be beneficial like you.
Yes you can, easily. When you actually look at the facts (like the majority of welfare recipients are children/elderly who could not work) and welfare fraud statistics (incredibly low), as opposed to just blindly believing poor-bashing, hate mongering conservative nonsense.
- witheverything;:
- I agree with this. This national health care is simply a way to get everyone to rely on the federal government when America was formulated on the concept of a person's work ethic. I don't think I should be paying for someone who sits on their ass all day so we both get the lowest common denominator of healthcare. Not to mention, a national healthcare will lower the standard of healthcare, as I've already stated. Let's put this into perspective: We are one of the only countries in the world without national healthcare and where does everyone go for major procedures? America! Why? Because with national health care, it takes an astronomically long time for people to get the help they need.
I don't think you've read, or properly understood, what the
Affordable Care Act actually does. It does not aim to put everyone on programs like Medicare/Medicaid, and instead creates competition in the private insurance market through a public option. By doing this, low and middle income people will be able to afford private insurance, so that they don't have to use federal or state insurance, or just not have any health care at all. When implemented, the Affordable Care Act should reduce the number of people on state insurance by making private sector insurance an option for everyone, not just the very wealthy.
I don't know what you mean by lower the standards of health care. Right now, millions of Americans don't have access to preventative medicine, cannot go to the doctor when they're sick and cannot afford vital medication. In a country as wealth as America, I think that's as low as the standards could possibly get. By barring discrimination against pre-existing conditions, reducing prescription drug costs, allowing emergency care at any hospital and securing women's rights to make their own health care decision, the Affordable Care Act has brought our health standards up to par with the rest of the world.
The fact that we're one of the only countries in the world without universal healthcare is a big red flag. We'd sooner let people die of treatable illnesses than come up with a better system. You're mistaking the quality of America's medical innovation for quality of a health care system. We may have some of the best medical procedures, doctors, nurses, etc. in the world, but what good is that when so many Americans cannot afford access in a failing system? Gold in a treasure chest is only worth something when you have a key to open the chest.
- witheverything;:
- Essentially, national healthcare is one step towards socialism. We're going to control what kind of care you get and how much, then how you get places, then how much you can make and finally, why don't we all just be 'equal' on everything. So even though you made $100,000 this year, we're taking away $30,000 to give to someone who only made $40,000 because that's 'equal' no matter how hard either worked.
That's idiotic, socialism and Obama. In four years, you'll all be pissed that you're hard work is being given to people who simply don't care.
America has many elements of socialism; we always have. Anything our tax money pays for is socialized- public schools and universities, scholarships and subsidized student loans, roads and infrastructure, our military, libraries, postal service, farm subsidies, many vaccines and health care procedures were developed by government research, unemployment benefits... the list goes on and on. No Americans have a problem driving on socialized roads, but we'd rather let people die than socialize medicine. What garbage. And the degree to which health care is socialized is so minute because the Affordable Care Act aims to provide insurance through private companies for the most part, not the government.
And let's not be naive. As the system stands now, a lot of your money is spent on health care for the uninsured. When an uninsured person goes to the emergency room for something minor like strep throat or UTIs, you pay for it. When someone cannot get insurance because of a pre-existing condition, you pay for it. When someone can't buy asthma medicine for their kid, you pay for it. Medicine is already socialized in America, just very poorly and inefficiently. By changing the system to provide coverage for all people, we're preventing these costs from falling onto the government, and by providing access to preventative care, we're reducing the overall costs of health care.
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