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5 comments:
I can understand that there are some cases where a national health care service doesnt work necessarily well BUT this person has only focused on the negatives.
I had lived in America since I was born for 13 years before moving to Scotland, where they have the NHS (National Health Service). Just before we moved, my mom had of course quit her job so we had NO insurance at all. I was tripped in school and injured my knee very badly. What do they expect us to do? Go bankrupt and pay the charges for something that could easily be covered by millions of people paying a very small amount? No, at least in Scotland, the healthcare is better. I couldnt go to the hospital or the doctor, we couldnt afford it, and now my knee is beyond repair. America does need this, it is unfair to expect the poor to be able to afford medical care at the moment.
It's different with the NHS, my mom broke her ankle the very day we moved into a 3rd floor flat. She didn't have a job, income, we were pretty much broke, BUT she could afford to go to the hospital and get the treatment she needed.
I believe, it has more to do with the area that person was conducting this test than anything, its the same anywhere in the world. There will be places where the care is atrocious, but this way is still better than the way America has been functioning.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/27/AR2007022702116.html
I know this way is better, because that very well could have been me, or my young cousins, or my sister. It Needs To Change.
Aside from the ridiculous wait times (a year to wait for an appointment), I don't see how this is any different than here.
-To wait for several hours in a doctor's office or ER occurs here in the States, even with private insurance.
-It is not uncommon for doctors or clinics to be closed on the weekend (especially on a Sunday). The only option at that point is the ER.
-Waiting lists for hospital procedures based on medical necessity are not uncommon here. Usually its because a transplant is involved, but I doubt other surgeries are free from waiting times.
-The woman he interviewed talked about them screwing up her mother's operation. That happens EVERY DAY in the States.
-You cannot (at most places) request blood tests yourself. You HAVE to get a doctor's order for lab tests, and they won't order them without good cause. Some (like cholesterol) are becoming more common and you can get at other places like a pharmacy, but overall, if I wanted to check my blood, I'd have to wait to see a doctor.
This being said, a move to totally public insurance is not necesarrily the best plan. However, if I am not mistaken, the Obama plan is to add a public OPTION for those who cannot afford private insurance. A lot of employers are cutting their benefits, so more and more Americans cannot afford health care. Trust me, if you had not health care and couldn't afford the doctor's bills, you'd willingly deal with the stuff this guy shows.
In the end, America should take notice, find a way to run a public health care more efficiently, and listen to doctors about how to keep them practicing medicine. Because if we keep the same number of doctors, I don't see why we'd need such long waits at the doctors (since we'd only be adding about 10-20% more patients - the current amount of Americans not covered by health insurance).
I think that anyone who believes that it's better that "some places will have atrocious care" and to wait months or years for care to save your life but at the cost of your limbs - that is if you get the care before your ailment kills you, is someone who wants to have everyone suffer along with them, rather than striving to find a way to SUPPLEMENT what is already in place. Honestly, even when I have been without insurance, I have been able to get help with medical costs when I needed care, which I think would likely have been the case for "Me :D", had his mother chosen to try.
The majority of Americans have insurance and are able to get healthcare in a very reasonable time frame and suffer far fewer tragic losses as a result. Cancer patients have a FAR higher chance of surviving in the US than in any country with gov't run healthcare, for example. Why deprive all but the very wealthy of good, timely healthcare? Doesn't it make more sense to ADD healthcare options to cover the uninsured rather than taking choice and care from everyone else?
Come on people, think about it. If Obama himself wouldn't commit to using this service for his family, why should we?
Hey Seth, what happened to your awesome 912 Video with Glenn Beck?
First of all, I'm a She.
And no, that was not the case, we could not have gotten any help with paying. My sister had her tonsils removed while we were in america, my mom went bankrupt while trying to pay for the bills WITH medical insurance.
And, I live in Scotland, the situation HERE will be different from the situation in CANADA. They are two separate countries. My sister dislocated her knee, and she got in to see a doctor in 45 minutes, not even an hour, while we were in SCOTLAND with the NHS. I realise that it may have some problems with the system, but so does the current system in the USA. I truly believe that the US needs a health service, it will save lives.
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