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5. What is good and bad about Universal Healthcare and what are the chances we will have that here under Obama?
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Personally, I don't believe that America will ever have Universal Healthcare that is regulated by our government. I think that the healthcare industry will fight it because it's a business, and it would not stay profitable. I think the best Obama will be able to do is offer something like Medicaid to the masses without income requirements. Maybe a bit pessimistic, but I know why I pay what I do for my health coverage, I want the care to be available when I need it. I heard that Canada, with Universal Healthcare, government sponsored, things like MRI's and other diagnostics could take months to schedule. However, I don't know how true that is.
I have mixed feelings about it.
I'm still on the fence. I tend to think of this issue less as "universal health care" and more like "socialized health care." Using the term "universal" implies that everyone--at least all of us Earthlings--would have free health care access. As much as we help out other countries, I doubt our government is going to provide free health care to the entire Earth, much less the entire Universe. But that's how we Americans are... ;-)
On a serious note, I'm really on the fence about whether I would support socialized health care in our nation. It all depends on how the program would be implemented.
I am against "universal health care" because I think medical care overall would worsen, less people would pursue careers in the medical field because the pay would be worse, the wait for medical services would be longer, and the only positive I could see is ERs would actually have less patients because here in CA a lot of the people in the ERs seem to be the uninsured who are simply sick not having an emergency, who are trying to avoid paying medical bills. I have a family member who lives in Canada (hie is an American) and when he needed bypass surgery in Canada his doctor told him he would have to wait for months and he flew back here and had it promptly, which might have been the difference of him getting help quickly or waiting and possibly having a heart attack. I also have children with special needs and although some of the waiting lists in the US are long for occupational therapy and speech therapy, the wait in Canada seems even longer.
I personally will continue to pay the nearly $1000 a month to keep my health insurance and health decisions in my own hands.
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