Why are people so opposed to a single payer healthcare system?
Medical problems caused 62% of all personal bankruptcies filed in the U.S. in 2007, according to a study by Harvard researchers. And in a finding that surprised even the researchers, 78% of those filers had medical insurance at the start of their illness.
Medical problems are the leading cause of bankruptcy in the U.S, why is this all right?
I remember reading about that.
So you’ll definitely find all this interesting too.
Some quotes from Harvard researchers regarding an international study http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/CanadaAM/20060530/canada_us_healthcare_060530/ they conducted:
"The data is clear and really irrefutable: Canadians are healthier than Americans and they have better access to medical care."
"We pay almost twice what Canada does for care, more than $6,000 for every American, yet Canadians are healthier, and live two to three years longer."
"No one ever talks about the fact that low-income and minority patients fare better in Canada. Based on our findings, if I had to choose between the two systems for my patients, I would choose the Canadian system hands down."
"The take-home message is: When you compare Canada to the United States, Canada is spending a lot less money to get better results."
In Canada’s system, the Federal government plays no direct role in healthcare beyond funding and regulatory oversight.
Instead, each Canadian Province acts as the insurer that reimburses doctors and hospitals for services rendered.
Also this:
-Canadian healthcare is privately delivered, same as in the U.S.
-Doctors in private practise are self-employed, same as in the U.S.
-Doctors (and/or nurses) that run their own clinics are business partnerships, same as the U.S.
-Hospitals are nonprofit corporations, same as nonprofit hospitals in the U.S.
No death panels. No government bureaucrats deciding who does or doesn’t get care.
By Canadian law, every citizen is covered for ALL medically-necessary hospital and physician services, on a prepaid basis, as determined SOLELY by doctors and hospitals.
Canadians are even covered for emergency care OUTSIDE of Canada.
Canadians can’t be denied care because of pre-existing conditions, either.
Canadians get more comprehensive healthcare because Canada’s system by law, covers ALL preventive, emergency/primary, diagnostic, and follow-up care.
No co-pays. No deductibles. No being limited to authorized providers. None of that.
Instead, every Canadian has a little plastic insurance card that entitles them to care at any doctor or hospital of their choice from coast to coast.
They don’t sit around filling out insurance forms or worrying about the bills either.
Since it’s all prepaid by taxation, Canadians show their cards, get their care, and walk away without having to pay a cent or worry about getting a bill in the mail.
On top of which is this:
Canada has the best advanced economy in the world – http://www.economywatch.com/economy-business-and-finance-news/Canada_the_best_advanced_economy_in_the_world_28-07.html
Canada’s fully recovered from the global financial crisis – http://www.thedollartimes.com/canada-has-recovered-recession-jobs-losses
Canada continues to create more jobs than the US: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/09/need-a-job-try-canada-whe_n_640555.html and http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/08/canada-economy-jobs-idUSN1E76701920110708
(Compare the dates on those two articles. They’re almost exactly a year apart.)
Compared to Americans, Canadians work less, live longer, enjoy better health, and are wealthier – http://www.macleans.ca/canada/national/article.jsp?content=20080625_50113_50113
So much for all the propaganda nonsense about single-payer healthcare being bad/evil/wrong.
So much for all the damned lies that it’s too expensive, too.
All anyone has to do to see the truth that single payer truly works is look north.
I don’t want my money touching sick people. Ewww. Socialists are gross. FACT.
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Because the single payer can end up deciding who lives and who dies.
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By "single payer"..you mean "the other guy"
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Ramapant abuse by the hospitals actually. They use the most expensive equipment instead of using cheaper and even newer alternatives. You wouldn’t believe how many procedures are unnecessary that they push through just for extra coin.
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Because there would be people who would pay nothing into the system and get something out of it – such as the 47% of Americans who do not pay Federal income taxes.
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I’m all for it because it cuts out the middle man who does nothing for health care.
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Who will pay for it? Do you really want all doctors and hospitals be be govt employees? Going to the doctor, if you could find one, would be like going to the Post Office of DMV. Speaking of the Post Office you might have heard they are about to go broke. It would be even worse with govt run health care.
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well the guys who are getting 42 grand a years in health care object to it.
why would they want to giveit up
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Insurance companies own the country and only 10% of what you pay them actually is used to pay your medical bills. They have CEO’s making millions and some of the biggest buildings in the city.
They have a huge staff of workers drawing wages. Then they give kick backs to politicians to keep them there. They do not care if you get sick or your bills paid or you have to file bankruptcy.
They are greedy and selfish and just want to be rich. So they have convinced the American people that socialized medicine is a very bad idea. When it is working fine in Canada.
You actually get to see a doctor there. Why many Americans go there for decent health care.
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Having lived under the NHS, it does not work as well as the American system.
If you wish to have someone else tell you what you can and can not have – enjoy.
As for me NEVER!
Free men feel that way.
Subjects of theCrown can not conceive of what true freedom is.
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It’s true medical problems is a major factor for bankruptcy, but it has little to do with health insurance and more to do with the lack of disability coverage. You can’t pay your bills if your not able to work. Unfortunately single payer won’t solve that problem and neither dos ObamaCare.
Anyhow we can’t afford another government monopoly that costs more than it takes in and has no competition to improve.
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I remember reading about that.
So you’ll definitely find all this interesting too.
Some quotes from Harvard researchers regarding an international study http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/CanadaAM/20060530/canada_us_healthcare_060530/ they conducted:
"The data is clear and really irrefutable: Canadians are healthier than Americans and they have better access to medical care."
"We pay almost twice what Canada does for care, more than $6,000 for every American, yet Canadians are healthier, and live two to three years longer."
"No one ever talks about the fact that low-income and minority patients fare better in Canada. Based on our findings, if I had to choose between the two systems for my patients, I would choose the Canadian system hands down."
"The take-home message is: When you compare Canada to the United States, Canada is spending a lot less money to get better results."
In Canada’s system, the Federal government plays no direct role in healthcare beyond funding and regulatory oversight.
Instead, each Canadian Province acts as the insurer that reimburses doctors and hospitals for services rendered.
Also this:
-Canadian healthcare is privately delivered, same as in the U.S.
-Doctors in private practise are self-employed, same as in the U.S.
-Doctors (and/or nurses) that run their own clinics are business partnerships, same as the U.S.
-Hospitals are nonprofit corporations, same as nonprofit hospitals in the U.S.
No death panels. No government bureaucrats deciding who does or doesn’t get care.
By Canadian law, every citizen is covered for ALL medically-necessary hospital and physician services, on a prepaid basis, as determined SOLELY by doctors and hospitals.
Canadians are even covered for emergency care OUTSIDE of Canada.
Canadians can’t be denied care because of pre-existing conditions, either.
Canadians get more comprehensive healthcare because Canada’s system by law, covers ALL preventive, emergency/primary, diagnostic, and follow-up care.
No co-pays. No deductibles. No being limited to authorized providers. None of that.
Instead, every Canadian has a little plastic insurance card that entitles them to care at any doctor or hospital of their choice from coast to coast.
They don’t sit around filling out insurance forms or worrying about the bills either.
Since it’s all prepaid by taxation, Canadians show their cards, get their care, and walk away without having to pay a cent or worry about getting a bill in the mail.
On top of which is this:
Canada has the best advanced economy in the world – http://www.economywatch.com/economy-business-and-finance-news/Canada_the_best_advanced_economy_in_the_world_28-07.html
Canada’s fully recovered from the global financial crisis – http://www.thedollartimes.com/canada-has-recovered-recession-jobs-losses
Canada continues to create more jobs than the US: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/09/need-a-job-try-canada-whe_n_640555.html and http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/08/canada-economy-jobs-idUSN1E76701920110708
(Compare the dates on those two articles. They’re almost exactly a year apart.)
Compared to Americans, Canadians work less, live longer, enjoy better health, and are wealthier – http://www.macleans.ca/canada/national/article.jsp?content=20080625_50113_50113
So much for all the propaganda nonsense about single-payer healthcare being bad/evil/wrong.
So much for all the damned lies that it’s too expensive, too.
All anyone has to do to see the truth that single payer truly works is look north.
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