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Health Care reform in America?
I don’t understand all the negative feelings around the Health Care reform in America. All Australians pay 1.5% of our taxable income for Medicare which gives all Ozzies free access to medical care. Of course there are some issues with the system, from time to time people get left in the cooridoor somewhere and get treated by the cleaning lady, but generally if you have any medical problem you can medical help free of charge.
I think most Australians are happy to pay the levy as it means everyone can access medical care. What’s the problem with the American Proposed system? I thought it would be a good thing?
“Americans by tradition are responsible for themselves and their families. We do not believe in supporting a bunch of lazy bastard’s sitting at home while we work.” But if your one of them, and in actual fact your not lazy bastard but struggle to get a job. Unemployment in the USA is 10%.
It surprises me that so many Americans seem not to be aware about Obama’s healthcare plans [a]. During the election, he campaigned for these changes stating that he felt it was unfair to have a system where insurance companies try to escape paying claims and was elected to bring in changes [b].
First of all, too many people do not know that Obama wants to make insurance more available to all. His system is similar to that which works in Holland, Taiwan [c] and Switzerland. It works there and private healthcare companies provide most the insurance to the people there.
FACT – the USA spends more on healthcare PER PERSON than any other nation on the planet [d].
FACT – insurance companies admit that they push up costs, buy politicians and do not pay out for many claims when they should [e].
FACT – the US has higher death rates for kids aged under five than western European countries with universal health coverage [f].
That means that a dead American four year old would have had a better chance of life if they were born in Canada, France, the Netherlands, Cuba, Switzerland, Germany, Japan etc, all of which have universal health coverage. And no western European nation with universal healthcare has moved away from it. And the sad thing is, that the insurance companies have spent loads of money to fight these reforms [g] and loads of politicians are taking the thirty pieces of silver from them to fight the reforms, rather than fight for the health of the American people.
Remember, I back my facts up with evidence. Those who say they are wrong tend not to. If they are wrong, e-mail me with proof and let me know.
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