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Originally Posted by Lenny2
Going to a universal care system probably wouldn't take money out of doctor's pockets. They get raked over the coals by the insurance companies as it is.
With universal care the government could negotiate rates with the pharmaceutical companies the way Canada does....it would greatly reduce the cost of prescription medicine.
Doctors and Nurses could form a union and collectively bargain for their wages the way most government employees currently do.
The only people who would lose IMHO would be insurance companies and HMO's, since they would be taken out of the equation.
I am however no fan of these companies or the way they operate so that wouldn't bother me at all.
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The patients would lose. Every citizen in America already has free healthcare.
The market has decided that private healthcare is a better option for some. We buy insurance to be able to afford "private healthcare". I am not taking my son to a government hospital. I chose to change my priorities so he can get the best health care available.
One of the most common falacies spouted in the last election was that 45 million people cant affored health insurance.
That is not actually true. A majority of those people can afford health insurance, they just choose to have nice things and cars instead.
Everyone in the country has access to health care wether they have insurance or not.
Getting the government involved in the healtcare business will kill it. The pill that cures cancer will not be invented by a 9-5 employee with no responsiblity to create revenue for his company.
Take away the private healthcare industry and the economy will die a slow and painfull death. Everyone will lose as standards decrease to the point where Americans will have to travel overseas to substandard hospitals to get treatments for diseases.