Is Universal Health Care good for the middle class? Could Universal Health Care also lead to a more socialist?

NO!

Health care is available to all who need it. No hospital can refuse treatment to someone in an emergency situation.

If you want health care, go get a job! That's what most of us do. If there weren't so many able-bodied people already leeching off of the working class, then we could afford to give to those who are truly in need.

Until the government stops stealing a LARGE portion of my income and giving it to crack hos on welfare, I can't afford to give to charities in the manner I would like to.

Private charity always works better. When we didn't have welfare, we didn't have the gang culture in the inner city, we didn't have our currently outrageous rate of teenage pregnancies and unwed mothers, we didn't have the drug problems we have.

Government is the answer to NOTHING. Ask someone who lives in Canada how they really feel about their health care. It's a joke. They give free needles to drug addicts, but make diabetics pay for theirs.

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Of all the major industrialized nations, the United States of America is the only one whose citizens do not enjoy the benefits and security of a universal comprehensive health care system. Why is this so? The shortest answer-is contained in the words "class warfare." But the next-to-the-short-answer is, "Because powerful, selfish, private economic and professional interests have so far blocked the enactment of such a program.' The longer answer is, "Because such powerful interests operate in a society and political system in which their money is the overwhelming force that determines who gets nominated and elected; in which those interests own the mass media and therefore control the issues and emphasis on the public agenda in which organized labor has been beaten down; and in which the electorate is constantly indoctrinated with anti-government and 'anti-socialist' propaganda."

I live in Canada, fozzie, and its better than the american system, though of course its not perfect. You people live in a bubble. Most of you. The US is one of the last western countries with private healthcare and yet you talk about it like its the worst thing that could ever happen to a country. I guess that explains why the US is 29th in life expectancy, and just about every industrialized european country ranks above that. A few names for you:

Sweden

Switzerland

Australia

France

Iceland

Canada

Italy

Spain

Norway

Greece

Austria

Netherlands

New Zealand

Germany

Belgium

United Kingdom

Finland

all have universal health care, all have higher life expectancy according to latest estimates.

I'm just saying, you talk about universal health care as if its the boogey man. The US of all countries, with the absurd amounts it spends on the military, could have bar none the best universal health care system in the world.

Universal Health Care will be one of the many downfalls of this country. Unfortunately, most people believe all those statistics about 47 million people can't afford health care. Those statistics are skewed. The statistics take in to consideration all those that can afford health care but would rather spend their money on something else. It also counts people that lose their health care for as little as one day due to a job change or whatever. Yes, it does account for people who can't afford it. When you put all of those together is sounds very impressive but the actual number that can't afford it is really about 15 million instead of 47. I believe that if companies would quit offering it as a benefit, raise people's salaries to compensate and then say go find your own it would lower the price all around. The biggest problem is that no one seems to realize just how much it costs when all you have is a $20.00 co-pay and it's automatically deducted from you paycheck. If more people had to pay the whole amount themselves then the prices would come down. If you have millions of people saying we won't pay that much it stands to reason that it will come down. It is the same with our taxes. If you had to pay you would realize exactly how much we are being ripped off.

No entitlement program is ever good for the middle class. It is the middle class who has the most difficult tax burden and entitlements can only be funded through taxation. The maximum benefit of such programs is realized by those who are considered poor. The poor, even the working poor usually pay little to no taxes. Therefore they achieve the benefits without the associated cost.

A blank!: Hey I am not a liberal, but I did my fair share of screaming about the Real ID Act. Personal information on an RFID chip which anyone with a scanner can interrogate from a distance. Government imposed restriction of movement on certain transportation mediums for citizens of states which do not comply. All just a little to "Big Brotherish" for my tastes.

It is unconstitutional on the face of it. Where does it list health care as a responsibility of the federal government in article 1 section 8? The constitution says (paraphrased) that if it isn't listed that the federal government has no right to administrate it and that the states and the people are in charge. I wish people would wake up and stop trading their liberty for a little of what they think of as safety. As Benjamin Franklin said, "Those that are willing to trade liberty for safety gain neither." He was right.

I would say yes, it could be, depending on where in the middle class you fell.

Right now the middle class already pay tax for Medicaid and Medicare... and then pay for their own private insurance. If everyone were on one program, everyone would enjoy the savings from cutting out the insurance guys.

Also, if it were tax funded it would be on a sliding scale. So to be worse off, you have to earn enough to pay more by tax increase then the cost of taxes for Medicaid PLUS your own private premiums- I think you have to earn quite a lot before that happens.

Remember, non profit health care with no middle man is cheaper for everyone, so someone would have to be earning a lot before their tax increase goes above what they pay now.

I have no idea of the numbers though.

we're talking about this healthcare issue every 2 years and nothing gets done. come on, everyone! think about it. didn't hear about this in 1992? 16 years ago...and every 2 years since. when will it ever come? never! those of you that are in favor of it, keep hoping. those of you that oppose it, don't worry. honestly, im in favor of the concept but i know the government will only screw me out my money and give me the same type of health care i receive now. i feel the same way about the middle class. they get taxed enough already and the government 's only going to make them pay for the majority of the heathcare. but it doesn't matter. it's one of those issues (like abortion, IRS, immigration) that hot button issues that politicians use every 2 years to get elected and don't do what they promise. don't believe me? research what the dems said about the war and what they intended to do about it once elected after their 2006 elections...and that was the hottest (totally in one direction at that time) issue of the day....now tell me that universal healthcare is coming anytime soon...

you know that UHC is so good that people who felt well feel unwell abruptly! What socialism you see in it? SOME people do not care about their health-why should others care?From which planet has this imbecility embarked without any visa?One I am poor and two I have to pay for what not idiots' health?( the list is too long-check it out at evils in your society)

No it isn't. I work in healthcare, and Medicare is a disaster and only a portion of the population relies on it....all of the population on gov't healthcare, no thanks.

To those who say get a job, I got one and a college degree am also a non smoker, normal weight, no disease processes and family plan is too expensive for my check. So I do what's right, insure the kids....its called family values. Then I try the Christian thing and pray for good health to continue.

What is needed is to stop being sue happy money grabbers, get rid of pharmaceutical and insurance lobbyists, and take responsibility for our health. Then insurance will be accessible and affordable.

Is Universal Health Care good for the Middle class? No...the middle class is already paying for their own health care and they are taking care of their busines. It sounds nice but it will be impossible to fund, because the gov't is already funding the lower class health care.

Could Universal Health Care also lead to more socialism? Yes, that is the reason for Universal Health Care...for the gov't to get their hands on and control the medical industry...