To: johnnyb325
The only good thing I can think of about socialized medicine is that no one has to worry about being bankrupted by medical bills. I read somewhere that 1/3 or all bankruptcies in this country are due to this reason. That's pretty persuasive for a lot of folks.
To: A Ruckus of Dogs
The only good thing I can think of about socialized medicine is that no one has to worry about being bankrupted by medical bills. No, everybody will instead be bankrupted instead by excessive taxes.
6 posted on
09/28/2004 1:32:06 PM PDT by
Fudd
(Facts are to Liberals as salt is to slugs)
To: A Ruckus of Dogs
The only good thing I can think of about socialized medicine is that no one has to worry about being bankrupted by medical bills. No, everybody will instead be bankrupted instead by excessive taxes.
7 posted on
09/28/2004 1:32:10 PM PDT by
Fudd
(Facts are to Liberals as salt is to slugs)
To: A Ruckus of Dogs
Bankrupt or dead which would you choose? I would choose to live! It might not easy rebuilding your life, but another house ,another car can be bought again. How many spare lives can you buy for yourself?
9 posted on
09/28/2004 1:40:03 PM PDT by
KingNo155
To: A Ruckus of Dogs
Except do you know how much health care will cost when it is "free"? Not only will you be taxed to death but your access to that "free" health care will be nonexistent. In England the average wait for a hip replacement is 8 months! The average wait to see a doctor for any illness (including cancer) is 4 months!
12 posted on
09/28/2004 1:43:38 PM PDT by
socialismisinsidious
("A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.")
To: A Ruckus of Dogs
The only good thing I can think of about socialized medicine is that no one has to worry about being bankrupted by medical bills. What good is being financially "solvent," if you have to wait six weeks to see your government-provided healtcare specialist, if medical licenses aren't worth the paper they're printed on, and if no pharmaceuticals exist to help cure your condition?
13 posted on
09/28/2004 1:47:34 PM PDT by
Lou L
To: A Ruckus of Dogs
I read somewhere that 1/3 or all bankruptcies in this country are due to this reason. That's pretty persuasive for a lot of folks. No doubt.
Avoiding this is a good argument for having insurance, insurance which is *true* catastrophic coverage ONLY. The whole point of insurance is to shield you from such an event. But we've got our insurance companies so occupied with paying for each and every doctor visit that I'm not surprised a person could have insurance but have to file for bankruptcy as well.
To: A Ruckus of Dogs
Odd thing; whenever someone tells me how we should have socialized medicine in this country, I tell them about how you don't get Novocain when you have your teeth drilled when you go to the dentist in England. They always move right on to the next topic of discussion.
To: A Ruckus of Dogs
The method that socialized medicine uses to hold down costs is to deny service. Which would you rather have service or bills. You don't get both. Socialized medicine is basicly a triage, it takes so long to see a specialist that it is often too late for expensive treatments. Vermont has socialized medicine and my sister-in-law has been waiting for nine months for back surgery. The pain is so bad that her husband has taken her to the emergency room several times and all they keep telling her is to take her morphine until they can get her in. The woman does day care in her home.
110 posted on
09/28/2004 5:38:02 PM PDT by
Eva
To: A Ruckus of Dogs
The only good thing I can think of about socialized medicine is that no one has to worry about being bankrupted by medical bills.No, they usually just die. Their worries are over.
135 posted on
09/29/2004 10:21:31 AM PDT by
Protagoras
(Putting government in charge of morality is like putting pedophiles in charge of children.)
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