Apparently, I got my numbers from Reader's Digest. I definitely cannot remember where I heard 6 million. In any event, I stand corrected.
So, a lot of people in the US don't have health insurance and therefore do not have access to preventative health care. I wish I knew more so I could think about a solution to the problem that does not involve universal government healthcare. Apparently, that's the way to go A couple other things I wanted to address:
I have heard from some sources that healthcare in England and Canada is very low quality. Is this true (for those of you living in England and Canada)? There was a story about a veteran in England who couldn't get his eyes checked out and is now blind (I don't know the entire story). Is that true or is there more to the story? I'm just wondering because while I will readily admit some number of Americans (40 million?) don't have health insurance, do people who have access to healthcare still get the treatment they need (in places like England). I'm not trying to be sarcastic; I'm really asking.
Juan_Bottom wrote:Why is that even an acceptable number? I don't even know what six million of anything looks like.... imagine looking at 6 million people... that's sooo many.
It's not an acceptable number. I'm not sure where I indicated that was an acceptable number. I've said it before and I'll say it again, don't put words in my mouth because I'm a Libertarian. It's ignorant.
b.k. barunt wrote:I have Federal Blue Cross/Blue Shield hospitalization, which to my knowledge is one of the best money can buy. After the bike wreck that crippled me in 93, i was left with $30,000.00 worth of medical fees over and above what my hospitalization paid. WTF? If i would have stayed in the hospital as long as the doctors wanted me to, that would have tripled. Denying medical claims is not the only method by which our medical megacorporations are raping us. You've been lucky so far, so i guess you can sit back and tell those of us who haven't been to have a coke and a smile and shutthefuckup.
I'm sorry about your situtation honibaz. How did you end up taking care of that bill, if you don't mind me asking?
Snorri1234 wrote:Not popular movies, actual and real shit that goes on in your fucking country. Giving some anecdotical evidence as to how your wife has never been denied a claim doesn't mean there isn't a serious fucking problem with companies denying insured people their money.
Snorri, what is wrong with you? Why do you insist on inserting foul language in nearly all of your posts? Do you have an anger problem? You seem like a smart guy, but using the foul language makes you look like an idiot. (although, I should stop using anecdotal evidence because it makes me look stupid too).
In conclusion, healthcare is a problem, I admit it, I've admitted it before, I'll admit it again. Let's move on from there and see if we can figure out what the solution is. I just wanted to see if it's better in a country like Canada or England or Finland, etc. that has universal healthcare controlled by the government. Or if we can think of another way to do it without having the government run it.