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Sep 21 2007

Universal Healthcare: Enough Bullshit, Let’s Talk

Posted at 4:20 pm under Rants

Enough bullshit, already. We have a problem. Let’s stop denying it and try to solve it in some way.

 

2 Responses to “Universal Healthcare: Enough Bullshit, Let’s Talk”

  1. Chet Says:
    September 21st, 2007 at 6:37 pm

    Here’s another question that needs a non-BS answer:

    Where are rich and powerful people going to go to pay for procedures the average Joe would be SOL for after healthcare in the US “catches up” to other Western societies who socialized health insurance? In other words, where would people like America’s hat’s Liberal champion of Socialized Medicine, Belinda Stronach, go to have procedures done that the bureaucrats in Ottawa and their “expertise” in medicine just didn’t plan ahead to make their citizens pay for?

    Interesting to note that the cost of cosmetic treatments and procedures not covered by most insurance have actually gone down compared to those that are covered by our broken (largely Government regulated) system.

    Large groups making decisions for individuals and their families on insurance coverage is the problem. Privatization, creating more competition, driving down cost, leaving the decision-making to patients and their doctors is the solution.

    Show me a candidate who will promote that, and I’ll show you a vote from me. No bullshit there.

  2. Vinny Says:
    September 21st, 2007 at 8:25 pm

    Belinda Stronach is a bad example because the article says right off the bat that it wasn’t about speed, but the fact that the specific treatment she needed was best performed in the US in that specific hospital.

    If your point is that the treatment isn’t good enough in Canada, then what does it say when someone from the US goes to Germany, Switzerland, or the UK for some surgery that can’t be performed here?

    There is “competition” in the US in that there are multiple companies to pick from, but if you can look at those prices for insurance and the deductibles and policies and tell me that they’re not colluding to keep the market artificially high, I may just have to laugh in your face.

    Privatization has resulted in more front-line underpaid operators making decisions than actual doctors. Frankly, that’s not something that I think is good for anyone.

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