| ironman said: Well, hopefully the senate has the brains to say no. Canada is just one example of how horrible the universal health-care is. Look at Great Britain...oh and how about our very own Medicare and Medicaid. Any time government gets involved, well, it's like constipation, bloated and painful, with no benefits whatsoever. |
What exactly is wrong with the UKs NHS? As a UK citizen I would say it is a good service. I'm sure Canadians say the same thing about theirs. Just because the media tend to cover a few isolated "Horror cases" and negative cherry picked statistics doesn't mean it is the true representation. They do it to sell newspapers and receive higher ratings, controversy sells.
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I can agree about medicare and medicaid being a good example of government inefficiency. But that system is so inefficient because it covering a selected small amount of people across a large country. Of course it's going to be inefficient based on that reasoning alone. Allowing a universal plan as opposed to a selective plan will hopefully allow the government to run healthcare in a more efficient manner. Will it be perfect? No, especially with a country like the USA. But it is sure going to be more efficient than medicaid and medicare, I can assure that.
