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I keep hearing the problems with socialized healthcare.. so let me ask you a blunt question.?
If you had a choice between your loved one (mother, father, sister, son etc..) waiting a month for a heart transplant which would be free or being told that the procedure cost $250,000 and your insurance only covers 10% (standard HMO) and you must come up with 40% before they will be able to perform the procedure.....
which choice would you want??
Cause I know I dont have $100,000 lying around waiting for an operation...
And this is why so many die that cant afford it... but dont worry.. some of you out there who hate the socialized idea will one day be faced with that $100,000 decision....
4 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Your point is well taken - for 1% or less of the actual cases. More often than not, would you pay $500 on insurance premium or $200? That is what the universal health care is all about - cutting costs so it is affordable for more people.
- justm399Lv 61 decade ago
I also have to wonder why the conservatives cry that "socialized" health care will make healthcare worse... The US is already ranked at # 37, just above Slovenia...
But we do SPEND way more than others for the bad service.
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The World Health Organization's ranking
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1 France
2 Italy
3 San Marino
4 Andorra
5 Malta
6 Singapore
7 Spain
8 Oman
9 Austria
10 Japan
11 Norway
12 Portugal
13 Monaco
14 Greece
15 Iceland
16 Luxembourg
17 Netherlands
18 United Kingdom
19 Ireland
20 Switzerland
21 Belgium
22 Colombia
23 Sweden
24 Cyprus
25 Germany
26 Saudi Arabia
27 United Arab Emirates
28 Israel
29 Morocco
30 Canada
31 Finland
32 Australia
33 Chile
34 Denmark
35 Dominica
36 Costa Rica
37 United States of America
38 Slovenia
39 Cuba
- 1 decade ago
These facts are only true if you assume these are the correct figures,in fact most people who are uninsured are young people who often do not purchase health insurance,also you state this proceedure will only take a month of waiting and it would be free (no such thing as free it would be at the tax payers expence i.e. people who go to work every day and pay in to the government)when the fact is that assumes a heart would be available for transplant and that it would be a match and even be able to placed into the waiting person,you do not provide any time frames to support your claim from countries that have socialised medical systems,that would be even more difficult to support your claims based on the fact that the quality of medicine will go down as wages decline and as people elect not to enter the medical feild,and I should ask this question,if you have ever been to the D.M.V. (Tag Agency) would you trust these same people who can not help you to get a tag or drivers license to a timely manner,to help you with a heart transplant. Think with your head,Feel with your heart,it may sound good but it will not be good for you.
