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What can the United States learn from other health care systems in other countries?
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The United States can learn that nothing is free, not even free health care in socialized countries like Canada, Great Brittan, and other European countries.
Someone is paying for those services. Where is the money coming from? Is it coming from the government? Well, if that is the case, does the government make that money to pay the doctors for their practice, their employees, their equipment and medical supplies? I'm pretty sure that, much like the government of the United States there are taxes that are paid by each citizen to pay for that health care. The United States would have to tax every taxpaying individual more money in order to pay for the publicly subsidized health care if it goes into place.
Then there is a matter of time. How long does it take for a person to see a doctor? How many citizens in Canada, Great Brittan, or other socialized countries have a personal care physician that knows their name, knows their medical history or can be assured to be the single person who cares for that person? How many citizens of those socialized countries put their names into a lottery system just to have the chance of getting a primary care physician?
Healthy people would have no problem with the health care in socialized countries. I would have absolutely no problems going to Canada or Great Britain and living there and taking advantage of their publicly subsidized health care systems because I don't get sick, I'm hardly hurt enough to go to the doctor, and would not have to sit and wait for any care. I wonder about those who are sickly, however. I hope that someone can chime in and address that situation when in another country where health care is not as openly available.
There is this feeling of privacy in the United States that would pass away with health care systems that are based on socialized systems. The personal health of each individual can be critiqued by the government. More of that right to privacy will go away, and the government will learn that they have the power on the switch of each person who may be on life support.
I don't like the government telling me anything, let alone whether I should get an aspirin or a stronger pain killer. It's NONE of their business!
Someone is paying for those services. Where is the money coming from? Is it coming from the government? Well, if that is the case, does the government make that money to pay the doctors for their practice, their employees, their equipment and medical supplies? I'm pretty sure that, much like the government of the United States there are taxes that are paid by each citizen to pay for that health care. The United States would have to tax every taxpaying individual more money in order to pay for the publicly subsidized health care if it goes into place.
Then there is a matter of time. How long does it take for a person to see a doctor? How many citizens in Canada, Great Brittan, or other socialized countries have a personal care physician that knows their name, knows their medical history or can be assured to be the single person who cares for that person? How many citizens of those socialized countries put their names into a lottery system just to have the chance of getting a primary care physician?
Healthy people would have no problem with the health care in socialized countries. I would have absolutely no problems going to Canada or Great Britain and living there and taking advantage of their publicly subsidized health care systems because I don't get sick, I'm hardly hurt enough to go to the doctor, and would not have to sit and wait for any care. I wonder about those who are sickly, however. I hope that someone can chime in and address that situation when in another country where health care is not as openly available.
There is this feeling of privacy in the United States that would pass away with health care systems that are based on socialized systems. The personal health of each individual can be critiqued by the government. More of that right to privacy will go away, and the government will learn that they have the power on the switch of each person who may be on life support.
I don't like the government telling me anything, let alone whether I should get an aspirin or a stronger pain killer. It's NONE of their business!
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I am a Canadian and I am proud of our health care system. When we have to go to the doctor or hospital, all we have to do is show our health card and everything is free. It does not matter if you are rich or poor, everyone receives the same treatment.
Here is an example: My ex husband had to receive a liver transplant. According to the United States Department of Veteran Affairs, a liver transplant costs between $150,000.00 and $250,000.
Here is a link to this page: http://www.hepatitis.va.gov/vahep?page=trans-01-07.
He received this operation for free.
To read more about the Canadian health care system, go to this link for Health Canada. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/index-eng.php
Some other countries with universal health care are: Great Britain, France, and Germany.
The Universal Health Care Action Network provides extensive information on their webpage: http://www.uhcan.org/
Here is an example: My ex husband had to receive a liver transplant. According to the United States Department of Veteran Affairs, a liver transplant costs between $150,000.00 and $250,000.
Here is a link to this page: http://www.hepatitis.va.gov/vahep?page=trans-01-07.
He received this operation for free.
To read more about the Canadian health care system, go to this link for Health Canada. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/index-eng.php
Some other countries with universal health care are: Great Britain, France, and Germany.
The Universal Health Care Action Network provides extensive information on their webpage: http://www.uhcan.org/
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