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Originally Posted by GatorB
I don't get people that want to see children die.
It's not like poor people wouldn't be paying for thier heathcare themsleves anyways. It'll just be added on the FICA taxes that get taken out of EVERYONE's paycheck
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Totally agree - and serious shit when a child or member of your own family has a severe problem.
The irony is if you flew that child to another universal healthcare country, they would treat that child and do whatever is needed to have him/her recover. Money is not the issue - it's the child's life that matters and any doctor treating that child is not considering money or any other aspect. They undertook to treat anyone in need - irrespective of who they are.
It is kinda expected that there will be a number of websites populating the net to paint whatever other picture of healthcare - aimed at the US market. There are the obvious lobby groups, both pharma and hospital groups, who have massive resources to ensure the status quo remains the same - to the benefit of their shareholders. They have earned serious millions/billions from healthcare - and unlikely they will let that pass.
Whether UHC will work effectively in the US is probably another challenge. This concept is probably against the current trend of having any operation, including healthcare, run as a profit center. The lobby groups will still exist and promoting their own agendas - often to the detriment of US people overall. One of the obvious elements which may need reversing is a competitive tendering system to deal with drugs purchases. At the moment there is a specific law prohibiting competitive tenders in favor of the pharma lobby.