Iz Man wrote:Anarchist wrote:The United States has that problem too, only the Black Market can garantee speedy delivery.
Not true at all. The waiting lists in the U.S. are not nearly as long as those in countries where the gov't controls health care.Anarchist wrote:Universal healthcare allows you to choose any doctor, its the private form that forces you to choose which doctor to go to, through your insurance.
Half truths. Nationalized health care typically provides a narrow list of choices of physicians to chose from. When it comes to major surgeries, the list grows smaller and smaller, and even disappears in a lot of cases.
Insurance companies do also have lists from which to chose, but they are much larger lists and you also have the option to change insurance companies. This is an area in which I believe we need reform here in the U.S.
There needs to be an expansion on what services are provided by insurance companies.
I maintain again, I don't feel the gov't has any place in choosing the who's, when's, where's, & how's when it comes to health care.
As an "anarchist", I figured you'd feel the same.....
Oh, definately. I agree with everything you said about not trusting the government. I only feel that healthcare shouldnt be a proffit based business. Though it doesnt suprise me that government would find a way to screw anything up.(cant even water the lawn) I agree insurance companies should expand their policies. However having lived in the Netherlands, we never had a problem getting medical attention until we moved to America. Not to mention a few occasions where we were forced to go to the hospital. I'm not very fond of insurance companies, if I never need their services its practically government enforced theft.(do like the life insurance policy) Dont even get me started on what I think of Interest rates...
