Broken Government: Health Care CNN 11:00pm

[TheSenator]

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/new...en.government/

Watch this special ...it should open up discussion on health care in the US.

I believe health care is broken even if you have health insurance.


It is on right now..

CNN

[TheSenator]

Are we to blame for our current situation???

[notoldschool]

watching it now. Wonder if the anti moore fans want to chime in on this one. its almost exactly like his movie Sicko.

[TheSenator]

Health care effects everybody directly and indirectly.

[TheSenator]

Originally Posted by notoldschool

watching it now. Wonder if the anti moore fans want to chime in on this one. its almost exactly like his movie Sicko.

Taking Moore out of the equation, we should take an honest look on how it would effect us.

[tony286]

You can help people and worry about investor returns at the same time.

[kane]

Our healthcare system is in a bad way and getting worse. If something isn't done soon it will be in major trouble. Our leaders have sold us out to the pharmaceutical and insurance industries and seem to not care one bit.

[TheSenator]

A family that has done every thing perfectly but had a baby born with heart problems shouldn't have to file for bankruptcy.

[tony286]

Originally Posted by tony404

You can help people and worry about investor returns at the same time.

I meant can't not can.

[TheSenator]

Originally Posted by kane

Our healthcare system is in a bad way and getting worse. If something isn't done soon it will be in major trouble. Our leaders have sold us out to the pharmaceutical and insurance industries and seem to not care one bit.

I don't think if you are a Republican, Democrat or whatever your political affiliation it can effect you. Health care is an American problem. It is getting worst.

[TheSenator]

Originally Posted by tony404

I meant can't not can.

I think we may have to settle for something in the middle. Ideally health care should be a right and not a privilege.

[nastynun]

Check out this map showing which countries have some sort of Universal Health Care.

In the USA:

The number of uninsured increased from 44.8 million to 47.0 million from 2005 to 2006.[9] One study estimates that about 25% of the country's uninsured, or roughly another 11 million people, are eligible for government health care programs but unenrolled. However, extending coverage to all who are eligible remains a fiscal challenge.[15]

[tony286]

here is a new way they are fucking the little guy
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/...tm?chan=search

[Azoy?]

you don't have to worry about that if you live in Europe, Canada or any other country that has social health care

[TheSenator]

Originally Posted by Azoy?

you don't have to worry about that if you live in Europe, Canada or any other country that has social health care

Do you feel it is a right to have health care?


It seem like in America it is a privilege.

[drjones]

Originally Posted by nastynun

Check out this map showing which countries have some sort of Universal Health Care.

In the USA:

Being the nation of fat asses that we are, I dont know if we could afford UHC, as easily as the other nations can. Most of them are a lot healthier than us, on average, because of their diets, and you know... they actually get up and walk places.

Either way, I have no confidence that our government can manage UHC correctly, and we'd all be worse off.

If you want UHC, convince your state government to do it, not the feds.

[AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE]

Nothing will change till people start picketing, blowing up and attacking medical facilities and medical financial facilities.

Until then have fun whining about the crimes being commited against hard working Americans.

[nastynun]

Originally Posted by drjones

If you want UHC, convince your state government to do it, not the feds.

Good idea.

[drjones]

Originally Posted by nastynun

Good idea.

That way if it gets fucked up, you have recourse to escape the badness.... just move across the border. If they uproot our entire medical system and screw it up royally, wtf are we gonna do? If a state does it well, others can copy them.

[TheSenator]

I willl pay for XXXJay health care expenses. I don't care just as long as my and others contribution to the pot benefits his Mexican house cleaner.

[Pleasurepays]

Originally Posted by TheSenator

I don't think if you are a Republican, Democrat or whatever your political affiliation it can effect you. Health care is an American problem. It is getting worst.

this country was a much better place when the prevailing attitude was "i'll take care of me and mine" and not "who's going to take care of me"



show me a family without health insurance and 9 times out of 10, they could also show you their designer jeans, cell phones, spinners, cable bill and 1000 other stupid things they blow their money on because they made those idiotic things a priority in their lives.

[kane]

Originally Posted by Pleasurepays

this country was a much better place when the prevailing attitude was "i'll take care of me and mine" and not "who's going to take care of me"



show me a family without health insurance and 9 times out of 10, they could also show you their designer jeans, cell phones, spinners, cable bill and 1000 other stupid things they blow their money on because they made those idiotic things a priority in their lives.

It is actually not them that is the main problem it is the people that have insurance and then get denied treatment because the insurance company doesn't want to pay it. I agree that a lot of poor/welfare type people spend their money on stupid shit. I have always said show me someone on welfare and I will show you someone with a top of the line cordless phone. That said people like them tend to get Medicare and state aid, it is the middle class people that pay into their insurance for years only to be denied when they try to make a claim and end up with 100k in medical bills that are main problem.

Or is is someone like me who can't get insurance that covers my asthma (but will cover other things) so I have to pay for medicine out of pocket. One medicine I take costs $325 for a 90 day supply and that is if I get it from Costco everywhere else is $20-$40 higher. I can order the exact same medicine online from an overseas pharmacy and pay $90 for it. That is one of the ways we get screwed because we have no cap on how much they can charge for medicine. They can have pill the costs them $2 to make a 30 day supply of and they can charge $250 for it if they want.

[Pleasurepays]

Originally Posted by kane

It is actually not them that is the main problem it is the people that have insurance and then get denied treatment because the insurance company doesn't want to pay it. I agree that a lot of poor/welfare type people spend their money on stupid shit. I have always said show me someone on welfare and I will show you someone with a top of the line cordless phone. That said people like them tend to get Medicare and state aid, it is the middle class people that pay into their insurance for years only to be denied when they try to make a claim and end up with 100k in medical bills that are main problem.

Or is is someone like me who can't get insurance that covers my asthma (but will cover other things) so I have to pay for medicine out of pocket. One medicine I take costs $325 for a 90 day supply and that is if I get it from Costco everywhere else is $20-$40 higher. I can order the exact same medicine online from an overseas pharmacy and pay $90 for it. That is one of the ways we get screwed because we have no cap on how much they can charge for medicine. They can have pill the costs them $2 to make a 30 day supply of and they can charge $250 for it if they want.

i object to the generalizations. "problems with health care" - its not like you go to the emergency room and are denied care. health insurance is not overly expensive for those people who actually decide to make it a priority.

there are problems in certain areas that can be addressed without having this discussion that implies that the choice is strictly between socialized medicine or private medicine.

i think the "main problem" is in living in the worlds most litigious society. most everything else in our health care system is a symptom of that tragic fact. instead of fixing the core problems, people make a lame attempt to appeal to poor people with no concept of or concerns for how the world actually works and talk about "free" because its immensely appealing and requires no explanation.

personally, i think the discussions need to begin with tort reform... and then go from there.

and i agree with you on medicines, costs etc but those are also other issues that can be addressed outside of the discussion of "free health care" which actually means "YOU pay for MY health care"