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Furious_Female · 07-26-2005, 06:12 PM

I live in NY (US) and my mom has Hudson Valley Health plus or something like that. I support her 100% financially, so she has no income and qualifies for free health, dental, and prescriptions. (She has osteo-arthritis) Fortunately, the coverage is as good as private insurance, so she can choose almost any doctor she wants, because they accept it like other private insurance, unlike medicaid/medicare.

However, I think a Universal system would lessen the quality of health care in the US. Doctors save lives, they SHOULD be paid a considerable amount for their work. It's the drug companies that make health care costs as outrageous as they are.

Unfortunately when it comes to health care, you *usually* get what you pay for. NY state is fantastic as far as providing and making health care available to everyone, especially kids.

I'm certain if there was a universal system, there would be less and less doctors and the care itself would rapidly decline.

I make too much money to qualify for Hudson Valley health plus (or whatever its called) but I would be more than willing to pay for it, because my mom receives excellent care and loads of costly prescriptions. Maybe instead of making it universal, they should make a "reduced rate" type of federal plan or something.

07-26-2005, 06:12 PM
Furious_Female Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Upstate, New York Posts: 8,187	I live in NY (US) and my mom has Hudson Valley Health plus or something like that. I support her 100% financially, so she has no income and qualifies for free health, dental, and prescriptions. (She has osteo-arthritis) Fortunately, the coverage is as good as private insurance, so she can choose almost any doctor she wants, because they accept it like other private insurance, unlike medicaid/medicare. However, I think a Universal system would lessen the quality of health care in the US. Doctors save lives, they SHOULD be paid a considerable amount for their work. It's the drug companies that make health care costs as outrageous as they are. Unfortunately when it comes to health care, you usually get what you pay for. NY state is fantastic as far as providing and making health care available to everyone, especially kids. I'm certain if there was a universal system, there would be less and less doctors and the care itself would rapidly decline. I make too much money to qualify for Hudson Valley health plus (or whatever its called) but I would be more than willing to pay for it, because my mom receives excellent care and loads of costly prescriptions. Maybe instead of making it universal, they should make a "reduced rate" type of federal plan or something. __________________ Skype: j3nn.com ICQ 160370494 My current favorite high-converting sponsor: CrakRevenue