This Health Care Reform Thing

[lester1/2jr]

See I agree fully with liberals that health care is a RIGHT not a privalege.

The question is why do we have a 3 trillion dollar budget and people who can't afford health care?

WHy don't we allow people to deduct health care cost from their income tax and lower the budget to meet the gap?

I'd much rather spend more money on a better health plan and less on wars and subsidies for the well connected on capitol hill.


better yet, just eliminate the income tax.  then we'll all have plenty of money to spend on health care!


But I'm NOT for adding to our already enormous budget and debt.  


I also think John Mackeys ideas on health care are the best I've heard

[venomx]

I agree ... health care should be a RIGHT, not a privalege.

[lester1/2jr]

also we should both learn how to spell privelege.



this is why i don't get government.  Why are we supposed to deny ourselves basic stuff like health care and decent schools and roads so washington can form all these committees to do all this stuff.

shouldn't we take care of the basics first?

[BTM]

Let me just say one thing: I'm 16!  I'm not supposed to care about this stuff.  At least none of my friends don't. 

Well, hey, I won't hold your youth against ya.  I think it's great that you're taking an interest in issues that'll affect you in the future!  Although I'd caution you to be sure and leave plenty of room to think about other, less than serious adolescent stuff, otherwise you'll burn out pretty quick! 

Watching too much of the news is unhealthy... :)

[venomx]

I was looking at yours lol ... privilege*

[trekgeezer]

The worst thing to ever happen to the US health care system is the HMO.  When these came on the scene they were supposed to help lower the cost, but what they ended up doing is taking the money away from doctors and giving it to the insurance companies.

Since all the doctor's fees are set by the insurance companies, the doctor has to run his office like an assembly line. Haven't you noticed they spend very little time talking to anyone because they have to see so many patients in order to earn a living and pay for the extra office help they have to have to arrange referrals and do insurance paper work.

This has gotten so bad that there is severe shortage of doctors practicing family care.  Most medical students are now going into the high paying specialties.


One thing in all this fuss over government run health care is these senior citizens protesting for them to keep government away from Medicare.  If you don't know what that is, it is a government funded and administered health care system in the US for retired seniors and physically disabled folks.  It's been a big success since being  instituted during the Johnson Administration back in the 1960s. We pay a tax  for it every pay period along with our social security.

Some have wondered why we don't just extend it to everyone (it would cost a helluva lot).