Originally Posted By: thedoctor
 Originally Posted By: Prometheus
 Originally Posted By: thedoctor
 Originally Posted By: Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man
universal healthcare is a good thing. completely privatized medicine is about money, government run healthcare has more of an obligation to help the poor live.


We've been over this before, Ray. That's you're idealized image of government run healthcare, and it's bullshit. Current government healthcare is also about money. If it needs money to run it, it's going to be about how much money it spends just like privatized.

I'm not against government oversight, but I don't want it controlling it.


When you say government healthcare is about money, I assume you mean taxes. If so, then I have to say that higher taxes are okay with me, as long as I get a tighter, dedicated healthcare system out of it. Just saying...


No, I'm talking about how those dollars are spent. If you think a government run universal healthcare system is going to be more generous than privatized healthcare, you're sadly mistaken. Not to mention that you'd have a number of doctors who will refuse to see patients on government care and only those with private insurance or just cold hard cash. That isn't conjecture, it's a fact as many doctors now in America and even dentists in England are doing just that.


A perfectly valid possibility. But, until you travel into the future and know for certain, I can only accept your opinion as informed and valid. But, still, an opinion.

Do I think UHC is the answer? Not really. Thing is, I don't know there is a perfect answer. But, if one system is failing, then I'm open to change and trying something new and different...