I use it as a comparison to people who think socialized medicine is a way to go. Also, for a little insight, check out the number of stories popping up recently concerning the VA and Active Duty health care..... such wonderful things like the same insulin pen being used for multiple patients leading to confirmed AIDS/HIV and Hepatitis cases. Or not screening blood before transfusions.... leading to all kinds of wonderful diseases being spread.
And, for some procedures that civilians can go and just get done...... there's a nice long waiting list. Now, I'm not complaining about it, just don't buy into the "everything is wonderful/grass is always greener" arguments.
TRICARE is not a problem for most. It simply depends who is providing the care. I am fortunate to be located in an area where I have access to the Johns Hopkins Health Care System.
Well I’ll definitely take your word for it, but your experience sounds just about the same as my previous private insurer through my job. I currently have great private insurance (although nothing serious has come up yet), and I’m sure it’s way better than any gov’t insurance, but I know that’s not the case for a lot of privately insured people.
My main point is that we should compare apples-to-apples when we discuss this. Many people want to make the false comparison of “current situation = everyone gets infinite healthcare” vs. “gov’t subsidized national insurance = old people and veterans being spit on and thrown in the street”, when that’s obviously a silly comparison. There are clear trade-offs to private, public and mixed schemes, and we should be dicussing those.