To all you Universal health care supporters out there?
Question:
Since every domistic program our federal government has run has been grossly ineffcient,expensive inept or always on the verge of collaspe form SS , Medicare, Presciption Drugs,what has create a belief system in you that makes you believe that Universal health care won't be ineffcient, inept expensive, or on the verge of collaspe after instituted.
Answer:
People are ignorant.
Its going to pass eventually.
Plebes voting themselves bread and circuses caused the fall of Rome.
That is now medicare
Medicare is one of the most efficient programs in the Government.
Only 5% of the cost is for administration of the program.private health insurance has a 20% cost. DO THE MATH!
Social Security is also very reliable and efficient, ask any Senior that is dependent on it. It's not perfect.but better than the alternative.
It's not a must the federal government should run a universal heath care plan.
They cant run crap efficiently, I dont wnat them near my health care.
Medicare is a very good program, and a lot cheaper to run than private health insurance. The drug benefit plan has helped millions of people.
We don't need universal health care. We do need some kind of control on current costs, but on the same note we can not afford to choke research.
I don't have a problem with a program that offers affordable coverage to people who do not have it now AND want to buy it.
However, I do have a problem with:
1 - A government monopoly healthcare program (eliminating private insurers and hence, competition)
2 - Any program which effectively is an additional income tax and/or 'forces' people to pay for the coverage, even if they don't want it.
Lots of the so-called 'uninsured' opt out of the coverage.
I agree
except you say that if you drop dead the government keeps the money. They had that money spent the day you paid into it.
The money you get if you don't drop dead is the money people who are currently working are contributing.
Many are scared of trying the alternative investment that Bush suggested because they worry what if they pay into a bad investment but what I heard it is better than the 401 k plans and you can live easily off it and pass it to on as your inheritance.
I do not know why everybody wants Canada's health plan.
They say Canadians die before they get critical health care and the rich ones come to America if it is a matter of life and death. I think medicare is the better choice of the two until someone comes up with an ideal plan.
I agree with you, Universal Healthcare is a mistake waiting to happen.
Medicare and Medicade are not efficient, those programs are wrought with fraud. Don't you people watch the news?
Social Security is a joke. It is getting at the most a 1% rate of return. A monkey can do a better job of investing this money and getting a better return rate than what Social Security does. If you think that there is a trust fund, you are on drugs. The money goes to the general treasury and it is spent by our politicians. So there are no investments. Just IOU's.
Liberals amaze me because they are clueless when it comes to the facts about things. This stuff is all over the internet.
I'll keep my private insurance thank you. I sacrifice other luxuries so that I can afford it . They should photograph every person that goes into a casino for gambling and lock them up if they complain about health care!
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