Quote:
Originally Posted by baddog
Well, I can't ask right now, but as I understand it their fear is along the lines of if medicine is funded by the government they may claim rights to whatever they produce.
I will ask more questions when I see them tomorrow.
|
I could see that. If all medicine suddenly was under the government control then the for-profit side of it would disappear (at least for many companies.) I wonder then if a company like this one would then be funded by the government instead of having private investors.
Still, I think there is little chance of the government controlling all of the health care system in this country. I think we will ultimately end up with some kind of government health insurance that anyone can buy and the price you pay would be determined by your income level. If you couldn't afford to pay you would be given it for free.
To get a socialized system like they have in Canada and other countries would require a huge overhaul of the entire system and I don't think there is any chance of that happening.