Why Doesn’t America have Single-Payer Health Insurance?
Complete video at: fora.tv Daniel Kessler and E. Richard Brown, Health Advisors to the John McCain and Barack Obama Presidential campaigns, respectively, discuss why neither candidate supports a single-payer insurance system for the United States. —– Health care is a major issue in the current presidential campaign. Candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have laid out very different visions, and each believes his plan is best for our nation’s citizenry. Come learn about each plan from …
January 25th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
The commodification of human health is fundamentally a good thing in that allows stakeholders to extract value from policy holders in exchange for truncated service
January 25th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
The businessman doesn’t give me jack. We EARN it by working, and in this country the workers don’t get nearly enough and the business owners get far too much. The idea that “innovation and risk taking” means CEOs getting billions while we have millions without enough to eat or decent health care is sick and wrong. They aren’t enjoying any kind of living, because of the greed of those “businessmen.”
January 25th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
If the businessman doesn’t give (or rather, trade) you your decent living, then why let him take your profits? Quit and work for yourself. Unless of course you’re completely wrong and it’s only through the input, innovation and risk taking of businessmen that you’re able to earn a living of the kind you enjoy.
January 25th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
@sanchez1973 They are not “pictures of inefficiency.” The poverty rate among seniors was over 70% before SS, now it’s almost zero. SS isn’t inefficient, the fund is being raided for OTHER spending by Washington. It is NOT apples and oranges to point out that nations without nearly the resources we have can “afford” health care, to point out what a lie it is to claim we cannot “afford” it. We can.
And it’s hogwash to claim a person has to have “served” to get VA health care.
January 25th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
@brian39900 Bancrupt? That’s absurd. The vast majority of nations in the “developed” world have universal health care. When the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes and we end the pointless wars we absolutely CAN afford decent health care for all, and properly fund our schools. We cannot afford NOT to.
January 25th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
@brian39900 No, the “businessman” does NOT give me and my family a decent life, I EARN it, and the “Businessman” keeps the profits of my work. The GOP is the party of the rich get richer. The “lawyer” as you say it defends our rights in court when we’ve been wronged.
Better to say the GOP is the party of the bosses, and Democrats is SUPPOSED to be the Party of the people, although it’s become far too “centrist” and too much like GOP lite.
January 25th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
strange that democratic party is party of lawyers and repub party is party of businessmen.Who do you hate the most?? The guy who gave you and your family a decent life or the guy who sues you??
January 25th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
U.S. has best healthcare in world, we just can’t afford it!!!
January 25th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Single payer socialized medicine can be very efficient. But the way our system works for maximum infrastructure is with for-profit doctor and insurance, it is the american way. Unfortunately, it drives up the final cost which , with our huge, unhealthy population would bankrupt our nation. Do you really think they could collect enough taxes to pay for it??
January 25th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
That may or may not be true that “Dozens of nations” have gotten single payer right. But we’re talking about America – See Soc Sec Adm, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. Pictures of inefficiency. So you see, it doesnt matter what other countries have done. Thats apples and oranges unless youre going to invite them in to run ours too? Is that what you’d propose? Also, I was in the military and thats as close to socialized medicine as I ever want to get. Did you serve, cuz you have to know what i mean