Sad day for America

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What would have happened if she hadn't been able to get to a doctor for the two weeks?

She'd have turned into a pumpkin.......Oh, wait, that's another FICTIONAL story.....

Where is the worlds best health care??? Certainly not in the USA? What in the world have you been thinking?

Try going to other countries for health care and you'll see what I mean. I've travelled many countries in europe and in canada and the USA too, and by far the US system is the worst i've seen.

How true, how true.

Here are some references on how the civilized world does health care:

Sick Around the World

The World Health Organization's ranking of the world's health systems

Full report download as a .pdf file:

Healthcare For All: In Western Europe Its a Reality

Health Care: An International Comparison

Healthcare Debate References

I have to ask, "What system?" The US doesn't have a system. That's the problem. Unfortunately, insurance companies, hospital companies, drug makers and doctors are comfortable with the way things are and are resistant to change, because they are now making money.

Jeff

Ya Think!

One of my grand daughters was in Costa Rica, her rental cars was struck from the rear. When she asked a policemen to call an ambulance she was told ambulances only resound for people who are badly hurt that can not drive to a hospital.

She had to call a cab, it was a ten year old Nissan. When she got to the hospital they told her she had to wait till morning when the Doctors come in. They put her in a ward, with all types of other patients, many who were coughing.

A doctor came to see her around 1PM. He told her they would X-ray her neck the next day. She was there for three more days in that hospital, that was NOT even air-conditioned, before they sent her home without pain medicine. The bed linins were never changed during all that time. She asked the only "nurse" in that ward, who was actually only a nurses aid, about clean sheets and was told that family members bring in clean sheets and take the dirty sheets home to be washed.

Her care was "free" under the countries health care law. When she came back to the states she went to her Doctor, because of her continuing pain, who discovered she had a neck injury that required surgery. I was performed at Saint Luke's hospital in Milwaukie the next day.

Is that the type of care we can expect from government run health care? You bet!

If you take the time to check the facts you will discover that the CBO can only calculate the facts given to it. The ten years that they used were the only the first ten years. Taxes begin at once but the "Care" does not go fully into effect until AFTER the first ten years. For the following ten years the healthcare plan will be in deficit by over one TRILLION dollars at the same time that the Treasury will be paying off the trillions of dollars that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid will be in bankruptcy. God help our children and grand children as well as anyone under 55 that is looking to SS for a check.

This health care bill is a disaster and every >> dbu'' wrote:

You mean the very same people from whom the bill is requiring you to buy coverage, dummy? LOL

Wrong. The care that people on Medicare get is much better than you describe.

Jeff

One problem with American health care is the moral/legal obligation to treat the sick. How many hospitals can't make payroll because of people who don't pay their bills.....

SOLUTION; You carry this new "Federal Health Coverage" card. If you don't have one, it's implied consent that you refuse medical care, and they can legally kick you out onto the front steps.

What will happen when the government plan goes bankrupt like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are currently headed into bankruptcy?

Hey Mike, I thought you were all for Obama bailing out every loser?

I never said that, my friend. I mealy pointed out the erroneous things you were posting about GM, big difference from backing BO.

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Living in the UK with our NHS I can't swallow that, don't ever try to take over Britain again.

You are a funny paradox. You should seek some help. Pro-GM, GM is OK for pork and bailout. Supplid by Obama. Yet you do and don't support Obama marxism. Yet when it hits health care, you 180 degrees out of sync.

I know, liberals are a confusing bunch. But if you support GM, you must support Obama, as it is Obama Governemtn Motors.

So was bailing out GM, dummy

Bailing out GM will go down in hostory as a poster child of why this depression occured in the first place.

Too much corrupti> So was bailing out GM, dummy