OMG, please do not take me there.....

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I live in a European country from 32 years and health care was always free .And was no taxes on anything .Now I kinda regret the communist times.We can die here and nobody take a look at you if they hear you don't have insurance .

Here's something to consider.

We are already paying for the uninsured in the form of higher premiums and medical costs. When the uninsured become so ill they have to make emergency room visits for things that could have been addressed earlier for next to nothing. When hospitals and doctors charge everyone else more because of those that cannot pay. When those with insurance lose it simply because they became ill. We are paying.

The leading cause of bankruptcy fillings in the U.S. isn't because of debt people assumed recklessly. It's because of a medical bills.

The poor on welfare have some insurance as do the well off. The shrinking middle class may or may not have it depending on their employers. Meanwhile growing numbers of hard working people stuck in the middle go uninsured never knowing when a sudden illness will ruin them financially.

There's something wrong with that.

The real reason we do not have some sort of national system for health care is that the drug and medical lobbies are so large they have effectively owned congress and convinced the country that everyone being insured is a bad thing.

The Count will pass a law so that everyone will have to wear a cape.

You aren't being paid by the hospital? And there is no attempt to bill the pt? And there is no accounting of non-compensated care provided?
No attempt to get federal or state grants and funding for non-compensated care?

Its not about health or care, its about the dollars.
Health insurance is not about taking care of you, its about making money.

How were the healthcare providers paid and by whom?

Have no idea and never try to find out but the most important part for our President was to make friends all over the world,give his people free health care and free education .Don't you see here guys? They call the public schools free, but then the parents are asked to pay all the kinds of fees .So is public school free or what?

why would we want free health care???

The Count will pass a law so that everyone will have to wear a cape.

Beware the man in a cape. He must be up to no good.

I think I will go get my cape and hat out now.

Are you even kidding me?

Who is going to pay the teachers? How do we pay for the buildings, electricity, gas, books, furniture???????
Its paid for through property taxes. We all pay one way or another. But each individual doesn't pay a proportionate share of the total costs for each school year. If you didn't have a dime you could probably still get through high school.

completely serious.....

what was the last thing you got for "free" and was it it worth what you paid for it?

Guess what ? The electricity was also free to

There was no compensation to the people that worked in the power generation plant?

There is absolutely NO truth to that statement. Ask your hospital or doctor, fill out the forms, and do your thing. MN Care is free medical (paid for by tax payers) for those who don't qualify for medicaid and don't make enough to afford insurance. Wisconsin has the same program. Check your state.

You can slice and dice it anyway you like but anyone who worked paid for it. Nothing is free when the government sticks their corrupt fingers into the pie. You are delusional if you believe otherwise but isn't that their goal? The ignorant will believe the propaganda and those who know- know enough to keep their mouth shut lest they be in the limelight. You work for a government program in social services. Do you think it is free? Social services along with ANY government program is is an unregulated money pit. It is easy to overlook wasteful spending when all you have to do is bleed the tax payers a little more.

I really don't want to see universal or 'free' healthcare. Because that drives quality down.

You know why things are so good? Because of competition and they want to beat out the competitors. If there are no competitors, drive to do better drops, and that results in lower quality. I'm pretty sure you can apply that to anything.

Nothing is free because someone, somewhere, is paying for it and someone is being paid for it. Otherwise, you wouldn't be getting it. So you'll be paying for it in the form of taxes or some other way.

"Free healthcare" is an Orwellian term that is laced with deception and dishonesty. There is no such thing as "free" healthcare. Someone will always pay for it, unless all doctors decided to just treat for nothing, but judging as they need to provide for their welfare, security and families, that is an unrealistic and ridiculous expectation. The truth remains that it is socialized medicine which is funded through government theft upon the individual's assets. Taxing the labor/assets of everyone for universal healthcare is morally wrong.

And don't give me that left-wing crap about "well in Europe we could ________". This isn't Europe. Here in the states, we actually have some vestige of respect for the individual and the concept of liberty.

WHY NOT you pay taxes hun

good point