what's the big deal about healthcare?

[Adrock-JD]

The U.S. has government healthcare for totally disabled, elderly and super poor but it isn't the really good stuff you get with expensive companies. Also, Medicare drug coverage has a gap of about $5,000 per calendar year where no drugs are covered unless you are ridiculously dirt poor.

There are millions of lower wage workers who can't afford or aren't offered healthcare by their employers.

The reform act would require almost everyone to buy some form of health insurance because that's the only way they say it can be affordable to do away with pre-existing exclusion clauses in private healthcare insurance.

It's really quite a cluster fuck mess of systems going on in this country.

The U.S. Supreme court is set to rule this year on whether or not requiring everyone to purchase health insurance is constitutional.
As I understand it, your payment would be based on your income. Also, no one will have to give up what they already have.

Some of the law has started and some hasn't until 2014. Republican states (yes, America is now so sharply divided that entire states are in total control of one party or the other) aren't acting on it at all while Democratic states have implemented a lot of stuff already.

So, if the court strikes anything, this stands to be an even bigger mess.

 

[birddog7]

So, if the court strikes anything, this stands to be an even bigger mess.

That's the scariest part. If this gets struck down, it will be far worse than ever before.

A one world socialist government system? LOL. You think this world could be governed by a one world government? Humans can't even agree on political parties.

After the collapse, it will come. Conditions will be such that people will accept it in order to have a chance at survival. It will get better afterward. It's what happens in between the collapse, and the new system that's going to be hell...

 

[nialltt]

Actually correction,

Not every medication is covered in Canada. Depending in the province in Canada that you live in, they provide different budgets therefore different focuses on health services. I live in Toronto and cancer drugs and even drugs that are used for chronic conditions are not free because it is not in the budget. Medications in acute instances are covered ie. when in the hospital. My parents insurance covers medications that I needed in the past. There's a program called trillium drug plan that covers drug expenses when it becomes a burden to the family but one still has to apply and it's treated as a first come first serve basis ie. wtf is gonna happen to poor cancer patients in stage 3? Our health care system isn't perfect because it still isn't universal and as accessible. Refer to Canada health act. If you guys want health care role models.... Look at Sweden. They have our core principles implemented. If only Canada practiced what they preach.

 

[Treborf]

The reasons we don't have a better system are, in this order: 1) the entrenched political power of insurance companies 2) hyper-partisanism in the gov't and 3) status quo bias among the general population.

 

[mydrew1]

On paper, Socialism is wonderful. Until the economy fails. Ask... well, most of Europe.

Universal healthcare has nothing to do with socialism. It's a social democratic idea.

And Europe's financial woes are lately due to a financial credit boom, got nothing to do with the Welfare State.