Uni Health Care

[Samson]

This was brought up on the other section of "American Presidents" and I thought it would be a great discussion by itself.

I of course live in the U.S. where we do not have a Universal Health Care. However, like I mentioned on the other topic, I lived in Norway for a long time and honestly never heard a single person there bitch or complain about their system.

Actually your wrong. Universal health care exists in the best state, MA

When the bill was passed for universal care in our state I was automatically put on a state plan. It came just in the nick of time because I had an ovarian cyst the size of a grapefruit and I needed it removed. The state paid for it. I'm also an asthmatic and health care meant I could go on a preventive medication that costs $300 a month and will help me live longer because fast acting inhalers destroy your heart over time, with the preventive medication keeping me from using it a lot.

Now I'm on insurance through my job because when I got a better job I didn't qualify anymore, but it didn't matter.

I fully support universal health care. I'm not certain how I specifically think it should be done, but it's something I think the state should help with. The system is obviously broken, and while I don't think the state should carry every person, health care is one of those things I think should be a basic human right. Especially when the uninsured tax the system because they go to emergency rooms and then don't pay because they can't. We pay more that way.

What you are talking about is not the same as what I've seen in Norway, Sweden, France etc. Close, but not the same... But at least it's a good start...




Rhiz...

Cobra is a joke, and you would be better off just walking into a clinic or Medicaid covered hospital than pay out the yen/yang for that crap.


Also, I do not believe someone should be paying more because they smoke, weight, adrenaline junkie, etc. etc. etc.
Just as someone else mentioned before...Free Health care should be a "RIGHT", not a damn privilege. What the hell makes someone else better than the next person, other than owning more shit.