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What do you think about president Obama health care plan?

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dragonspawn | 2 years, 9 months ago
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As a European I've always found it amazing that the US doesn't provide healthcare for all its citizens. However I wasn't prepared the reaction Obamas proposals would generate with people steadfastly campaigning against the idea of giving free healthcare to those who cannot afford it.

The NHS in Britain isn't perfect, but frankly without it I'd have been dead a long time ago as I've had some serious conditions and could not have afforded private insurance.

I do think the Obama proposals seem a strange way to go about it, easier to just raise taxes for all and provide coverage for all - if the rich want to take out improved private insurance so be it. But again, this is an another area where Europe and the US differ so much, as your media seems to brand any sort of socialism as communist and evil.

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srgothard | 2 years, 9 months ago Report

@dragonspaw, in the US, doctors treat first and bill later. You would not have been denied care. You'll notice we have stories of insurance companies refusing to cover things, but not doctors refusing to treat. When I needed major surgery that cost thousands out of pocket, no one asked me if I could pay. We are treated first here.

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defolts | 2 years, 9 months ago Report

we are a bizarre country and most people here cannot be bothered to check on what is actually going on or being said. we get our news and information from sound bites and you are "CONservative" you listen to what is being said on "Fox News" I would hope that the democrats, Which I am not one of. keep track of what the Republicans are saying and remind the voters next year.

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coltech88 | 2 years, 9 months ago
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It is a place to start.

It's a shame that a significant number of the people of the United States are so selfish about the notion of providing healthcare for its citizenry.

That's why he has to half-step instead of marching onward.

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kerryk | 2 years, 9 months ago
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It stinks, noone wants socialized medicine, at least they shouldn't. Who wants the government to tell you what doctor you can see and what medicine you should take? Also don't forget the high costs involved. Socialized medicine and socialism in general stinks! It never works!

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defolts | 2 years, 9 months ago Report

who says it is going to be socialism? I seriously doubt that we will get a "socialized" system, not in this country, what is so terrible about joining the rest of the industrialized world? it puts our companies at a competitive disavantage not to have a national system.

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defolts | 2 years, 9 months ago
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I think he is trying to do something the rest of the industrialized world already has. What none of the CONservatives what to admit is our companies are being creamed in the market place because they are competing with companies based in countries that provide health care, they would rather either you pay for it your self or go without, all the while your wages are being cut so the CEOs can have more. There is a point where you have to wonder if the people that listen to talk radio or watch Fox News are not just a little mentally unbalanced. All the president is trying to do is bring us in line with the rest of the industrialized world and do something the Democrats have wanted to do for years.

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