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Originally Posted by Dylflon
Prof, despite the fact that people can't be turned away from hospitals, would they not still incur massive debt? From what I understand, illness can be financially ruinous in your country. And on a fundamental level, I don't think that could stand.
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While I think you overstate the problem, I don't wholly disagree with your statements. The problem of the uninsured is very real, and either financially ruins the uninsured or we as tax payers pay a ridiculous amount to cover the cost. Any way you cut it, it's a problem we need to address, and I've said that repeatedly. I simply disagree on how to address the problem, and not every answer should be "let the government handle it". In most cases, that has shown to be the worst way to handle problems in terms of quality and cost effectiveness, at least in America.
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A friend of mine from New Mexico who is currently in my program in at my university cut himself pretty bad about a month back. He's unemployed and has no medical coverage and he was terrified about going to the hospital thinking that it would deplete his tuition fund.
He went got treatment, and only had to sign a form.
How does this not seem like a good thing to you? Is this not the kind of thing your government is trying to do? Shouldn't you guys be more like Canada?
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1) If he goes to any accredited college he is likely insured by that college. I was insured by my college and received healthcare with the charges handled by that insurance, I just had to visit the on-campus nurse-practitioner first. He was probably ignorant of what his tuition entailed and/or paranoid. This is actually a pretty good example of how the idea of healthcare in the US is far worse than the reality.
2) I will stand by my statements I made in my posts above this one. I am not against government run healthcare, per se, I am against terrible healthcare plans and the fact that none of the plans offered meet any of the reasonable criteria I've set as my standard. Also, since the US has never had a entitlement program that has met cost and/or quality standards, I want to see very detailed evidence that it WILL do what the politicians say it will before supporting it.