FizzingWhizzbees said:
So can anyone access those clean, beautiful hospitals? Or is it only the ones with the financial resources to pay thousands of dollars a year for health insurance? I don't think the poorest American citizens have it "very good" when it comes to healthcare, in fact I would suggest that the poor in America have far less access to healthcare than the poor in Canada or the many European countries with national healthcare systems.
Access to healthcare should be based on need, not on ability to pay.
Uh...yeah. Most people can. We have work to do to make sure that all can easily and so that healthcare is less expensive, and so that jobs provide more. BUT, it's not unfixable, and we're working on it.
I also know there are a LOT of things and avenues in place to help people who can't afford it.
We'll fix it because the American people insist on it.
I don't think the "poorest citizens" in Canada have it very good, either. It's just never good to be poor no matter what, and that needs to change. One of the best ways to make that change is to improve what people are paid, and we're working on that, AND to help small businesses, which I am happy to see seemed of great importance and was mentioned by both Bush and our governor in Utah. So, I'm happy about that. I'll have more leeway in my small business.
Small business is certainly one way to help people in America.
The healthcare system here isn't broken, and it's not impossible to improve it. We're working on it. Unlike many people and places we don't throw up our hands in despair. Well, at least conservatives don't, lol.
Healthcare IS based on need here. We work and help people who NEED it. AND, like I said, things will improve there because we insist.
Unlike most countrires Americans don't like to depend on the government. I think that's a big reason for the difference. We like to go it alone as much as possible. We are mavericks (but we truly know how to come together, too, that's proven time and time again). So, we'll dealing with a different mindset in America than anywhere else and other countries don't understand it and they are prejudiced as a result. Really sad.
Yes, I think Americans are going to start feeling oppressed, lol.
Anyway, it's not broken. Don't get that impression. People want to improve it. I hope, I hope, I hope that Bush does bring down the cost of healthcare and help everyone to get it. The big difference really is that Americans don't LIKE to depend on government like you do. We'll see what happens.
My husband and I had a discussion about places like Iraq and Russia yesterday and we realize that is one of the top reasons that democracy doesn't work in many of these countries, because they DEPEND ON THE GOVERNMENT. They LIKE to. They definitely don't have the mindset Americans do, the mavericks, the cowboys. We know how to win and be the best.