HEALTH CARE USA

[H. Stone 1st MRB]

[Ultranator BAR]

It makes sense, at least his argument that there really is no way to negotiate on the price for medicine that will allow you to live.

Doesn't the local government tell utilities what they can charge for them? Since power and water are pretty much necessitates, they could do the same thing, and just charge whatever they want.

[Viktor]

I would agree, but it doesn't matter for me. If anything is wrong, I just go to the Veterans Affairs hospital and get it all for free for the rest of my life.

[Guest]

Thank goodness for the National Health Service. Call us socialists, I don't give a shit.

[H. Stone 1st MRB]

Another topic on Health Care? Really..?

Could not find the thread, but I didn't want the hate from that one mingling in the more manageable new thread anyway!Being I did not post something that really was going to rise the normal banter of this forum

[Armstrong 1st MRB]

Good video, he's done his research quite well.

Being a Canadian myself, I was under the impression we did pay more for health care than Americans, so that surprised me. However, that still doesn't change the fact we still pay far more taxes and have far better minimum wages in general than the majority of the states, so it may still play a factor in the relative success (barring the overuse for useless crap) in our system.

I'll never forget though when my Grandmother was visiting some of my relatives in the states while one of them was getting some small surgery, and my Grandfather wanted a warm blanket while they were sitting in the waiting room, one of the Nurses warmed a blanket up in a microwave, $250. You guys pay way too much for stuff that shouldn't cost that much. Its a system that benefits those who have wealth, and unfortunately most of America isn't in that tax bracket, last statistic I heard was that basically you guys have a population the size of Canada's that has no health care at all. Not sure what it is now though.

I agree with this guy that the solution isn't simple and nor is the problem, but I personally doubt that it'll change. So long as Captialist mindset (or at least the need to make the maximum amount of profit at the expense of everyone and everything else) that has filtered through every aspect of Upper Class American society(which is basically the part which holds all of the power to change these things) is still around, nothing will change. Its just like interest rates on credit cards, nobody in the world can afford to pay 14% interest or whatever it is once a payment starts compounding, and although politicians may promise lower interest rates in their platforms, as soon as the election is over the credit card companies call their well-dressed lobbyists and end the motion without even raising their voices.

That's just my opinion, flawed though it may be. There is too much money being made off of it as it is right now for anyone who is taking a piece of that pie to want it to go lower. Just like Oil and Gas, Chemical Preservatives, and Condominiums being built in place of buildings needed for infrastructure.

[Wyatt]

Thanks for posting this. Assuming the data is correct (and I consider the mental floss guy fairly trustworthy), this should be required viewing for like, everyone ever.

[K. Lloyd]

I love how the rich are more deserving of health care than the poor in the U.S yet we in the U.K are branded lefties for adopting the NHS.

The irony is that the film 'In Time' starring Justin Timberlake didn't do to badly at the box office in the U.S Aka the one about the rich living forever at the expense of the poor.

Freedom! Liberty! (Built upon the shoulders of inequality!!)

[Heresy 1st MRB]

Freedom! Liberty!

I don't disagree that our healthcare system is a complete mess and we are not perfect, but I will say that our predecessors did get these things right!

[K. Lloyd]

Freedom! Liberty!

I don't disagree that our healthcare system is a complete mess and we are not perfect, but I will say that our predecessors did get these things right!

Native Americans? Didn't the old and the sick just wonder away from the tribe to die?

[Englebretson 1st MRB]

[Kanganis]

These youtube videos are how I stay up to date with politics.

Edited January 22, 2014 by Kanganis 1st MRB

[Kirkendall 1st MRB]

The irony is that the film 'In Time' starring Justin Timberlake didn't do to badly at the box office in the U.S Aka the one about the rich living forever at the expense of the poor.

Woah, woah, what? That movie did badly at the US box office. On a budget of $40 million, it grossed $37 million domestic. For comparison, "Paranormal Activity 3" released that same month on a budget of $5 million. It grossed $104 million domestic. In Time was also given a Rotten(both critically and by users) on Rotten Tomatoes, which is pretty good at gauging audience reception.