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Originally Posted by NewbieNudes
Question: Why is the USA so against universal health care?
I can just walk into the doctor - get checked up FOR FREE. Then if I need meds - get them for like $2 (instead of $30 or $40).
We pay for this privilege through our tax an at extra 3%. (which is a bargain really compared to private health insurance costs)
It's cheap, and provides great peace of mind knowing no matter what happens to you you can get treated in any hospital in the country for free.
I just don't get why America doesn't want that?
Please explain.
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It's because our health care system is so bloated from the top down that it would take some major effort to pull it off.
Again, it goes back to the multi-billion dollar corporation. You'd have to boot their CEO making $35 million a year; all of their top-level managers, etc.
Universal heath care would work just as well in the U.S. as it does anywhere else if you shaved all of the fat. The problem is the fat includes many of the richest people in America and they will spend a fortune to make sure that does not happy.
The power doesn't lie in The White House or the Capitol. All of the power has been centralized on K Street (well, many lobbying houses have moved from K Street in favor of other parts of the city).