Re: Canada and other countrys health care

Posted by Bret4207 on September 17, 2014 at 05:06:12 from (64.19.90.196):

In Reply to: Canada and other countrys health care posted by MarkB_MI on September 17, 2014 at 03:08:56:

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Kaiser was the first to come up with "healthcare" in the form we know it today, not that it really matters.

Medicaid is what I was referring to. It's the largest single cost on our tax base locally and from what I read it's the same everywhere across the nation. Medicare is another issue altogether and differs greatly from Medicaid. I do recognize that Mediaid does cover some percentage that is blind, disabled, etc. of working age, but what percentage is that do you think? 10%? 15%? It also covers a lot of young kids with major issues, and some not so major, like speech therapy. Still, what percentage is that compared to the whole? My Google-fu is on the fritz because several minutes looking for that info got me zilch. The numbers say almost 1/3 of our population is on public assistance, 35.4%, that's more than the number of people working. Some of those people are actually in need of assistance and I would never deny then that- the infirm, ill, disabled (the TRULY disabled!), the elderly that qualify (being old does not mean you qualify- Warren Buffet is pretty old). But how many don't even try? I don't know where you live, but in my area being on multiple forms of public assistance is common. A good deal of these people don't try and never tried. Those are the people that scream loudest when any talk of change comes along and those are the people I was aiming at. If you feel 20 and 30 somethings that have never done anything other than sit and drink beer their whole lives are worthy of your tax dollars, have at it. I think my tax dollars should go to help people trying to help themselves.

I don't think external_link is going to last. Maybe I'm wrong, wouldn't be the 1st time. Either way, it's going to end up costing a lot more than ever imagined (per the CBO) and it's a huge power grab. And either way, I don't things getting better as far as costs, care (rationing is already in play), privacy or in solving the base issue which was people falling through the so called "safety net". We already have states issuing or talking of issuing healthcare to illegal aliens. How is that sustainable?

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