Nationalized Health Care...

I called my representative one tried to argue with me that the republican party used reconciliation too and I said loud and clear that it's wrong on both sides. Call your representatives to voice your concerns before it's too late... (202)224-3121 tell the operator what state you need.

I knew he was going to push it but I tried to stay positive and thought they couldn't get enough votes but now it's so frightening the power grab of Obama and the Democrats to push something like this. I am praying they get this blocked.

Call your representatives to voice your concerns before it's too late... (202)224-3121 tell the operator what state you need. Please call I know it seems like a waste of time but we must all do all we can to get our voices heard.

Thanks for the number! My van got robbed and my address book was in it and they took it. So glad to get the number again. Shalom

I don't have health care for much of the time but that is my choice. My parents canceled their health care after realizing over the course of 8 years they paid over a hundred thousand for it and never used it. Many people choose not to get health care they rearly go to the doctor and choose to take that risk and it is their right to do so if they like many of the people they are counting make so much money that they choose to simply pay for their medical treatments without bothering with insurance because actually in America you get taken care of a lot faster because insurance companies government and otherwise make a pile of paperwork and hassle. Then in the statistics they count illegal aliens who do not have health care but they still can walk into any hospital and get life saving treatment and this is why they cross over just to go to our hospitals and get treatment and we taxpayers pay the bill. Then they count the people who are in between jobs who had health care at one job and may not have any for an average of 4 months but they once again choose not to get it. Don't be fooled by the over exaggerated numbers used by those who wish to push their own agenda, only a small percent of people in American (legally in America) really don't have health care because they can't afford it. There are even many that qualify for programs that are already out there that simply don't get themselves signed up. We do have programs that in cases of emergency you still can get help if you don't have insurance and a serious illness comes into play. I have had to get emergency medicaid to pay my medical bills I couldn't. They back dated over 3 months of bills. I have seen the bad side of it too where when I needed all 4 wisdom teeth removed and was sick as a dog I had to wait 4 months for the operation because medicaid would only pay X amount of dollars and only one doctor was willing to do it and I had to go on a waiting list. Now I realize you are happy with the system in your country but think about how people who do not use the health care who must pay that high tax to never use that service. Many people would feel that's simply not fair, and I for one would get a head to toe c.a.t. scan once a year if I was being forced to pay for it anyways. This is why the system doesn't work. And also in America and even more so because of this president and his position you can bet on it that anyone making over a certain amount will not be able to use that system of health care at all and they will be forced to pay even higher insurance then we have seen before. And also with how the actual dollar amount for what makes a person rich keeps getting smaller it's a greater concern. In New York state they have a millionare's tax and that tax is for people making over $300,000 a year! And in New York City $300,000 is not a lot of money. It's like making $50,000 a year where I'm living on the other side of New York. $50,000 a year makes my live somewhat comfortably in a three bedroom one bath small home with a cheap reliable car. But thank you for telling us about your experience!

I see your point.. but even if someone is paying for something he is not using at the moment, this doesn't mean that someday in the future this person will not need to use what he has paid in the past. Anyway as a european i am used to a welfare state, we even have in our constitution that health is a fundamental right guaranteed by the state. The american system certainly has great standards of healthcare for those who can afford it but seems to be a little unfair to me. The basic difference between my point of view and yours is that i consider healthcare a basic right of the individual while instead of just a service. I don't mean to criticize you with this... it is just a very different way of seeing things.. and i am always interested in knowing different opinions!

There are also people who just flat out can't afford it. I know some people that are offered health care through their jobs, but due to the extremely high cost deducted out of their pay periods plus the huge deductable that has to be met before the insurance can begin paying, it's not in their budgets. My healthcare is reasonably priced, but it'd be extremely high to add my DD to my policy. My husband has insurance through his job and it was cheaper for him to add her to his policy.

Hmmm, quite a pickle. I too beleive that government insurance and public health service increases the cost of medical services in private sector.Because, all said and done, health sector is like any other sector and will run efficiently only if it makes money. Imagine, if the government created subsidized IT services. This would kill that sector. Moreover, if I am not mistaken,in the U.S, such a move would be decried as being communist in nature. But these measures are more readily accepted in the field of health because of its sensitive nature.

Interesting... two total oppisite opinions on european health care system. Tell me have you had to use it? What has your experience been with it?

Well I can see how you see it that way. Here in the U.S. I have had to have medicaid and for some things it was quick and easy. Have an ear infection saw the doctor got the antibiotics no problem. But then for more serious things I have had to wait for months for... the price of free... but you see we do have government programs to help those who are truly needy of care and in the U.S. anyone can go to a hospital for life saving treatment without being turned away. We have Mexicans who cross over to get triple bipass. Now the thing is also without the private sector there you really don't see a comparison... yet there are countless stories of people coming from Europe to America to seek health care because they feel they can not get the care they need in their own country. Glad you are of good health. I have not been so lucky in my short 26 years.

The only time i needed semi acute care when I broke my arm and went to the actual ER. It hurt but it was not like I was scremeing in pane. A nure basicly met me at the door asked what was wrong felt my arm sayed is prolly broken. And asked my name and social security number. Got sent to the xray. There was one or two people before me. was the sent to a private room. waited a bit. doctor and nurse came popped the bones platered me up and was almost as god as new. The only time that i relay had to wait was between the xray and the doctor coming. But that can be written up to the fact of getting the actual xray developed and getting a free doctor to check it out.