Warning from the President!

[SamuelRSmith]

ManusJustus said:

TheRealMafoo said:

ManusJustus said:

Here's a nice graph for those who think drastic changes aren't needed:

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_hea_car_fun_tot_per_cap-care-funding-total-per-capita

Healthcare funding per capita:

USA: $4,600

UK: $1,700

Who says they don't need to change?

If we make it a government program, and it now cost the US $12,000 per person, is that change you want?

Well, for some reason the United Kingdom pays three times less for healthcare than the United States.  Their government has more control over healthcare, which is a major factor in it.

I pesronally know doctors, and many of them are oppsoed to the bill because they fear that it will cause specialists will make less money.  This is a good thing because there is a shortage in primary care doctors and specialists make too much money as is.

If you're interested: http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/

Here, you can check out the wages of many of the jobs you can do within the NHS. Bearing in mind that the average wage in the UK is £22,000.

A lot of those jobs seem fairly cooshty to me.

Another plus of the NHS is that it's great for employment, the NHS is the third largest employer in the world (largest in Europe), after the Chinese Army and the Indian Railway. Employing around 1.3 million people.