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(Rhetorical question) How can relatively small and poor countries like Tobago and Trinidad afford universal health care, while the richest country the planet has ever known cannot?
Indeed. Third World care in the richest country is unacceptable. If the US wants the best health care (and the fairest) system they will have it. Just a question of will!
Third world health care--a huge percentage of the population has none, like here. We have added some refinements. Only in America is the largest category of home loss 'medical bills.'
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That's nice. So are your immigration laws. In reviewing them I noticed that those entering your country illegally are subject to a $50,000 fine and 3 years in prison for their first offense. Subsequent offenses bring a $100,000 fine and 5 years in prison. We need to deploy such penalties in the US for a generation or so before we consider health care entitlements.
* Medicare beneficiaries are more satisfied with their insurance coverage. Only 8 percent of elderly Medicare beneficiaries rated their insurance “fair or poor,” in contrast with 18 percent of individuals with employer-based insurance. Thirty-two percent of Medicare beneficiaries had at least one negative insurance experience, compared with 44 percent of those covered by an employer plan.
* Medicare beneficiaries report easier access to physicians. Ten percent of Medicare beneficiaries’ physicians did not accept their insurance, compared with 17 percent of respondents with employer-sponsored plans.
* Medicare beneficiaries are less likely to report not getting needed services. Twelve percent of elderly Medicare beneficiaries reported going without care, such as prescribed medications or recommended tests, because of cost restraints. Of individuals with employer-based plans, 26 percent reported experiencing these cost/access issues.
* Medicare beneficiaries are sicker and poorer but report fewer medical bill problems. Elderly Medicare beneficiaries were more likely to rate their health as fair or poor than the employer-coverage group (28% vs. 11%); more likely to have multiple chronic conditions (38% vs. 11%); and more likely to have incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level (51% vs. 27%). Yet, Medicare beneficiaries were less likely to report a medical bill problem than those covered by employer plans.
Americans are more dissatisfied than citizens of other nations with their basic health care even while paying more of their own money for treatment, a five-nation survey released Thursday notes. -- http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,136990,00.html
PRINCETON, NJ -- Approximately 3 in 10 American adults (29%) say they or a family member put off medical treatment in the past 12 months because of what they'd have to pay. This prevalence of delaying treatment is similar to what Gallup has found each year since 2005, but higher than earlier this decade. -- http://www.gallup.com/poll/112945/Three-Households-Deferred-Medical-Care.aspx
Only the U.S. has a large sample and those respondents seem to dislike their health-care, but those votes show more dissatisfaction with the current system then the samples of the professional polls. Maybe we need more medicare people voting here?
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Healthcare is provided free of charge to everyone in Trinidad and Tobago.
(Rhetorical question) How can relatively small and poor countries like Tobago and Trinidad afford universal health care, while the richest country the planet has ever known cannot?
Indeed. Third World care in the richest country is unacceptable. If the US wants the best health care (and the fairest) system they will have it. Just a question of will!
explain third world health care..not sure we have third world health care.
Nope, not that good.
Third world health care--a huge percentage of the population has none, like here. We have added some refinements. Only in America is the largest category of home loss 'medical bills.'
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That's nice. So are your immigration laws. In reviewing them I noticed that those entering your country illegally are subject to a $50,000 fine and 3 years in prison for their first offense. Subsequent offenses bring a $100,000 fine and 5 years in prison. We need to deploy such penalties in the US for a generation or so before we consider health care entitlements.
It could use some adjustments...but not a government takeover.
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[-2 points] 2 years ago by deleted user ReplyMy current health care 'system' resembles armed robbery, but not as polite. No, I don't much care for it.
* Medicare beneficiaries are more satisfied with their insurance coverage. Only 8 percent of elderly Medicare beneficiaries rated their insurance “fair or poor,” in contrast with 18 percent of individuals with employer-based insurance. Thirty-two percent of Medicare beneficiaries had at least one negative insurance experience, compared with 44 percent of those covered by an employer plan.
* Medicare beneficiaries report easier access to physicians. Ten percent of Medicare beneficiaries’ physicians did not accept their insurance, compared with 17 percent of respondents with employer-sponsored plans.
* Medicare beneficiaries are less likely to report not getting needed services. Twelve percent of elderly Medicare beneficiaries reported going without care, such as prescribed medications or recommended tests, because of cost restraints. Of individuals with employer-based plans, 26 percent reported experiencing these cost/access issues.
* Medicare beneficiaries are sicker and poorer but report fewer medical bill problems. Elderly Medicare beneficiaries were more likely to rate their health as fair or poor than the employer-coverage group (28% vs. 11%); more likely to have multiple chronic conditions (38% vs. 11%); and more likely to have incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level (51% vs. 27%). Yet, Medicare beneficiaries were less likely to report a medical bill problem than those covered by employer plans.
-- http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Publications/In-the-Literature/2009/May/Meeting-Enrollees-Needs.aspx
Americans are more dissatisfied than citizens of other nations with their basic health care even while paying more of their own money for treatment, a five-nation survey released Thursday notes. -- http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,136990,00.html
In OECD Countries, Universal Healthcare Gets High Marks -- http://www.gallup.com/poll/122393/OECD-Countries-Universal-Healthcare-Gets-High-Marks.aspx
PRINCETON, NJ -- Approximately 3 in 10 American adults (29%) say they or a family member put off medical treatment in the past 12 months because of what they'd have to pay. This prevalence of delaying treatment is similar to what Gallup has found each year since 2005, but higher than earlier this decade. -- http://www.gallup.com/poll/112945/Three-Households-Deferred-Medical-Care.aspx
Only the U.S. has a large sample and those respondents seem to dislike their health-care, but those votes show more dissatisfaction with the current system then the samples of the professional polls. Maybe we need more medicare people voting here?
Thank you. good info, much needed in this debate.