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Re: The difference between single payer and mandate 

By: zzstar in FFFT | Recommend this post (1)
Sat, 31 Mar 12 8:47 PM | 107 view(s)
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I have lived in one of those countries and other than the title,

waiting in line for healthcare will turn you off in the first 4 hours of wait.

In some countries like Italy, walking into a hospital with an emergency is an extremely positive experience.

In general, socialized healthcare system is not to my liking. I do not want to be lumped up with the unruly masses in waiting rooms.

I like the mandate. It preserves the private system, makes it available to all, and the rest of us can continue as we are.

I will never vote for anyone supporting single payer. The republican idea is the right way, except many uninformed, uneducated azssholes can't see it now that Obama is in office.


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Re: The difference between single payer and mandate
By: clo in FFFT
Sat, 31 Mar 12 7:24 PM 		Msg. 40301 of 65535

Health care in wealthy countries

All industrialized nations, with the exception of the United States, implement some form of universal health care.


Universal health care in all wealthy countries (except US)

The main ways universal health care is achieved in wealthy nations include:
•Government run (tax funded) systems, e.g. Britain’s NHS
•Privately run but the government pays most of it, e.g. Canada and France
•Private insurance companies but with regulation and subsidies to ensure universal coverage and non-discrimination by insurance companies (can’t deny based on medical history or existing conditions), e.g. Switzerland

The US and Health Care

The US is the only industrialized country that does not have universal health care for all its citizens.

http://www.globalissues.org/article/774/health-care-around-the-world

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