Hiku said:
SlayerRondo said:
Hiku said:
toastboy44562 said:
The government should make heathcare more competitive so costs go down.
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Healthcare should not cost anything. Just standard fees, nothing else.
It's rediculous to me that they actually make a business out of people's health.
Some people being forced to sell their homes to stay healthy, or in worst case, simply left to die because their insurance doesn't cover it, is just mind boggling to me how it's been allowed to go on for this long in a first world country.
A friend of mine in the US got bit by a dog, and had to pay over $3000 for the shots. He's just a poor student...
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Why did he have to pay for his medical care? The dogs owner should have been responsible.
And how is making money from keeping people alive and healthy some how worse than say making video games for a living?
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1.) I'm not sure. I'll ask him about that.
2.) Primarily because it can be so much more expensive, and you can die if you don't get it. You won't die if you don't get a videogame (although it might feel terrible not being able to play Smash Bros 4, but you'll survive. lol). I saw some families tell their stories on Oprah one time.
One family lost their daughter because when the paramedics arrived at the scene, (she had fainted, but called 911 before that), they saw that her insurance didn't have any insurance or something like that. I forget, but they simply left her there and drove back. She died at the scene.
Another family lost their son because their insurance "only" covered 20 000 of the neccesary 50 000 for his operation. They managed to get a bit more, but not enough. He passed away from his illness as they didn't give him the surgery he needed.
Another family sold their house just to afford their bills.
I find this rediculous because of how much it costs, and because getting sick is something that's unavoidable in many cases at some point in everyones lives. Also because in pretty much every other first world country in the world, healthcare is free. (So is school btw). The upside to America's healthcare system is that you bypass the waiting lines if you have money. But if your insurance doesn't cover some things or if you don't have money, you're screwed.
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That depends on your definition of free does it not? Healthcare is paid for by taxpayers so your just shifting the cost to another group. And receiving medical care for free means someone who works harder, pays more taxes and takes care of their health is receives less benefits than a person who does little, pays virtually no taxes and eats and drinks as they please.
I do agree tha their are people who suffer unfairly, especially children and we as a society need to be kinder in a voluntary sense and not expand on the coercive force of government in my opinion.
