Canada and Mexico have better health care than the United States, isn't it embarrassing for this country?
Greedy doctors is the problem, and a lax government that doesn't care about the health of its citizens. Nevermind that healthy citizens make better workers and boost the economy. Nevermind that healthy soldiers make better soldiers and boost the well-being of our armed forces. Nevermind that obesity rates are skyrocketing and we don't even teach physical education in schools anymore. Nevermind that college and university drop-out rates are 40% higher amongst students with health problems. Do you know anyone who couldn't work because they couldn't afford the proper healthcare treatment? Do you know anyone who tried out for the army but couldn't pass the physical (they recently lowered their standards again)? Do you know anyone who is obese and lacks the willpower to go exercise? Do you know anyone who dropped out of college or university because of a health problem? Let's compare. In Canada healthcare is free. Got an injury or ailment? Walk into your local hospital and get all the treatment you need... provided you are Canadian and have hospital card to prove it. Why can't we create a Canadian-style healthcare system in America? Canada's economic GDP was only $1.165 trillion USD in 2006. The GDP for the United States in 2006 was $12.98 trillion USD. We are over ten times more wealthy than Canadians. Canada's population is 34 million. Ours is 298 million. We could easily create a free healthcare system in the United States that is even better than that in Canada. But with one problem. Canada's healthcare system is regulated by the government. Doctors have fixed wages and can only earn so much. In America our doctors are greedy and they can charge whatever they want. In other words, our doctors have a GOD complex. They have the power to save people, but can choose not to do it simply for the sake of money. And thats what is wrong with America today HEALTH SYSTEM IS BROKEN HERE AND THERE ARE A BUNCH OF AMERICANS WHO STILL WANT TO LEAVE IT THE SAME WAY EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN'T FUCKING AFFORD IT. Mexicans and Canadians have a better care, affordable and simple, not like the one here. What do u think? I WORK AND LIVE IN USA, BUT I WILL STOP SUPPORTING AMERICAN DOCTORS SINCE I CAN GO TO MEXICO AND GET ANY TREATMENT WITH MY INSURANCE FROM THERE PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THAT INSURANCE GIVES ACCES TO ALL TYPES OF CARE.
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Didn't read your whole diatribe but if their health care is so good, why do they come here to get treated?
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Mexico??? Really. My Canadian relatives don't think so. They are actually mad at Obama for destroying our healthcare. I am currently trying to undo the damage that my cousins doctor is doing.
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Why "embarrassingg?" Did somebody say you were working together to supply all Americans with things they need? Did you work real hard and somehow get cheated? I think you opposed decency, comfort, welfare, and personal security and value productivity. Not getting it is no surprise. So your hospitals produce money.
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It's hard to be embarrassed when you're dead, which is what a lot of Americans will be, once their insurance companies get tired of paying for them, that is, if they even have any insurance to start with.
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LOKO6... I think you are absolutely correct.
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Try again. Every single day people from around the world travel to the US for quality healthcare.
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I think the primary issue preventing actual, effective health care reform lies with the power of both health insurance and pharmaceutical companies and their lobbyists. I think greed on the part of physicians has little or no effect whatsoever. If anything, doctors represent some of the least supportive groups of current US health care policy. The reason being the process of filing a claim for compensation has become so muddled and convoluted, physicians and staff spend most of their time dealing with health insurance legalese rather than focusing on the actual health of the patient. Treatment takes a back seat to bureaucracy, unfortunately. You can't have successful health care reform until you remove the ability to profit from it. It's unfortunate, but true. If you look at governments with universal health care policy, physicians are far more effective treating patients because they don't have to deal with insurance companies, whose sole purpose is trying to find ways to avoid paying for a procedure. Until that element is removed it's impossible to have true universal health care.
