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<blockquote data-quote="Sammie" data-source="post: 243727" data-attributes="member: 8657"><p>The last I read of Hillary's reintroduction of national health care, she wants everyone to go out and purchase some kind of health insurance. Easy for her to say as she and Bill have something like 15 mill between them from book deals alone.</p><p></p><p>Which means that those hovering above, on or below the poverty line, and who are uninsured (but who earn too much to go on welfare/</p><p>medicaide) and whose numbers are between 40 and 50 million, are supposed to go trotting out and buy health insurance. Now THAT'S realistic. These people can barely feed themselves but they're going to spend what, $4000 a year on a policy with a $2000 deductible. In essence, people are going to purchase insurance they can't afford, which most likely wouldn't provide the coverage needed in the event of a serious illness or accident.</p><p></p><p>The way I see it, this country has gone from By the People, For the People and Of the People, to By the Profit, For the Profit and Of the Profit. If the U.S. government is just about owned by enormous corporations, how can politicians represent us? They naturally want to keep their jobs, as do you and I, and in order to do so, they have to get re-elected. Which is a very expensive. So they accept big donations from big corporations. Now tell me who's calling the shots.</p><p></p><p>Hospitals are privately owned and their profit margin is the bottom line. Women who have babies are often encouraged to go home the same day. With a C section they might get an extra 24 hours. In years past I don't even recall ads on the radio or on TV advertising hospitals. And nursing homes. Have any of you ever volunteered at one of the low end ones and prayed to God you wouldn't have spend your last days there?</p><p></p><p>So whether it's Hillary's way or another, we're in a bad situation. Health care is a money making business and health care providers spend a huge portion of the health care dollar not on the ailing patient, but on marketing, admin costs and, of course, profit. They avoid adding risky people to their plans and do their best to avoid paying for services.</p><p></p><p>This is an interesting article on the Modern Hoaxes of Medicine:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117155318/http://www.newstarget.com/022007.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20071117155318/http://www.newstarget.com/022007.html</a></p><p></p><p>So is health care to become a privilege or a right?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sammie, post: 243727, member: 8657"] The last I read of Hillary's reintroduction of national health care, she wants everyone to go out and purchase some kind of health insurance. Easy for her to say as she and Bill have something like 15 mill between them from book deals alone. Which means that those hovering above, on or below the poverty line, and who are uninsured (but who earn too much to go on welfare/ medicaide) and whose numbers are between 40 and 50 million, are supposed to go trotting out and buy health insurance. Now THAT'S realistic. These people can barely feed themselves but they're going to spend what, $4000 a year on a policy with a $2000 deductible. In essence, people are going to purchase insurance they can't afford, which most likely wouldn't provide the coverage needed in the event of a serious illness or accident. The way I see it, this country has gone from By the People, For the People and Of the People, to By the Profit, For the Profit and Of the Profit. If the U.S. government is just about owned by enormous corporations, how can politicians represent us? They naturally want to keep their jobs, as do you and I, and in order to do so, they have to get re-elected. Which is a very expensive. So they accept big donations from big corporations. Now tell me who's calling the shots. Hospitals are privately owned and their profit margin is the bottom line. Women who have babies are often encouraged to go home the same day. With a C section they might get an extra 24 hours. In years past I don't even recall ads on the radio or on TV advertising hospitals. And nursing homes. Have any of you ever volunteered at one of the low end ones and prayed to God you wouldn't have spend your last days there? So whether it's Hillary's way or another, we're in a bad situation. Health care is a money making business and health care providers spend a huge portion of the health care dollar not on the ailing patient, but on marketing, admin costs and, of course, profit. They avoid adding risky people to their plans and do their best to avoid paying for services. This is an interesting article on the Modern Hoaxes of Medicine: [URL]https://web.archive.org/web/20071117155318/http://www.newstarget.com/022007.html[/URL] So is health care to become a privilege or a right? [/QUOTE]
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