Comments on: Open thread 3 on poverty: Health Care

By: kylie

kylie — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:59:07 +0000

It’s these businesses that have to most to benefit from universal health care because they wouldn’t need to pay for their workers health coverage any more, we have to get this done this year, are country is to fat and needs a better health care sysytem

By: Jega

Jega — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:22:57 +0000

Health care, or health care, refers to the treatment and management of illness, and the preservation of health through services offered by the medical, dental, pharmaceutical, clinical laboratory sciences , nursing, and allied health professions. Health care embraces all the goods and services designed to promote health, including “preventive, curative and palliative interventions, whether directed to individuals or to populations”.

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By: Stevens Johnsons Syndrome

Stevens Johnsons Syndrome — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:48:53 +0000

I have come across this kind of post for the very first time.I really liked it a lot & i would like to add by saying that there’s nothing bad if such doctors are pushed out of business at the time they are found to be one of the medical malpractitioners.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:10:23 +0000

If we can build bombs,planes and tanks why can’t we take care of our people.

Universal health care to me, is not just a nice to have; it’s a basic right. Very true

By: glyconutrients

glyconutrients — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:27:23 +0000

Despite going to Canada once on a vacation, I never knew that this was the health system in place there. However, i do agree with the fact that people are the biggest infrastructure of any country and a healthier society leads to greater productivity.

By: Farshid Machiwala - Public Health

Farshid Machiwala - Public Health — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:38:11 +0000

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Wednesday during the group’s annual legislative conference announced plans to promote expanding health care coverage and boosting the minimum wage in the 110th Congress, moves that CBC Chair Rep.

By: WeeDram

WeeDram — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 22:10:02 +0000

A right is something a society decides is a right. As a Canadian citizen, my country has made that decision. Universal health care is not enshrined in the Canadian constitution, but derives from from the democratic political structure and processes enshrined therein.

Guy: What amount of health care spending is directly attributable to tort settlements? How much of that is from settlements deemed too rich, even when malpractice was clearly committed?

BTW, most people assume that a universal healthcare system would be funded from taxes only. Typically it doesn’t work that way.

By: Ed C

Ed C — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 04:29:40 +0000

GUYK: You’re right if the government decided to raise taxes to pay for universal health care, but you’re wrong in assuming that we would automatically have to. The fact is we could pay for universal health care without raising taxes a cent. It’s all a matter cutting waste, and re-arranging priorities. If the US can conduct two wars and cut taxes at the same time, then we can most certainly pay for health care.

You should read this great post on this subject.

By: GUYK

GUYK — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 22:26:50 +0000

Ed C. all costs of business including employee health care are paid by the consumer. Universal health care will also be paid for by the consumer if business is taxed to pay for it because the costs of goods will be raised to cover the taxes.

WEB05..you are correct that a lot of things that the government does is not covered by the constitution. But there is no “right” to these things other than equal opportubnity under the law as long as these things are covered by law. If per chance congress decided to do away with social security for example, it would not be unconstitutional. However, an argument can be made that under the 14th Amendment income redistribution is unconstitutional unless each person gets the same benifit regardless of income..equal opportunity under the law, right?

DOF: My daughter, a half native American and her children live with her husband, a Sioux, on the Pine Ridge Reservation in S. Dakota. They receive their medical care from the US Medical service and it is good care. The last time I checked in on it there were about 5,000 people in the Medical service and it is probably even smaller now as more and more of the native Americans move off the reservations

By: Ed C

Ed C — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 21:26:39 +0000

If the largest companies in the US just spent a percentage of their lobbying efforts on getting laws passed that are beneficial to their bottom line to lobbying for universal health care, we could have this issue put to bed. It’s these companies that have to most to benefit from universal health care because they wouldn’t need to pay for their workers health coverage any more.

Before globalization, they could/are just passing on the cost to the consumers. But now US companies are competing with foreign companies that don’t have these cost burdens, so it just makes sense that they would want to level the playing field.