How Fast Would the US Launch a Comprehensive Healthcare Plan if Congress Was Stripped of Theirs?
Question by PIX-ED: How fast would the US launch a comprehensive healthcare plan if Congress was stripped of theirs?
Just a thought.
I’m not advocating a government-run or private-run system. I merely think that if the best minds in America can’t be brought together and forge an efficient plan, we are a pathetic society.
Best answer:
Answer by a bush family member
Not too fast since America could not afford it.
The U.S. cannot afford universal health care. America already spends more money in social handouts than any country in the world..
Also, Americans would not be satisfied with the quality of free health care. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Av9TCK5gUQVp0mb.FD5F.x_ty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080102223951AAyCScW
Many Canadians receive government-funded U.S. medical treatments in the U.S.. Canada’s medical systems pays for sending many Canadian patients to the U.S. to receive cancer treaments, advanced body scans, etc.. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070904155843AAxWW7f
The U.S. has better cancer treatments says Canadian news reports. Canada sends their sickest patients to America for treatment. Canada doesn’t have the best and newest medical technologies or medicines because there are no financial incentives for them to buy it.
The U.S. has preventative care. That increases a person’s quality of life and increases a person’s lifespan. HMO’s are motivated by profit to make sure a person does not get sick. Any major illness costs HMOs money. HMO’s learned a long time ago it is cheaper to buy the latest million dollar scanners than to deal with diseases after they have progressed. That is the difference between capitalism and socialism.
Canadian cancer survivor: “There’s no question that going to the United States saved my life”
Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada – CCAC
http://www.ccac-accc.ca/news.php?id=53
“In Canada the average wait for procedures such as neurosurgery is more than four months; for cancer radiation treatment, over two months. The average wait for treatment after consulting a specialist for coronary bypass clocks in at up to 52 weeks, with four to 12 weeks for angioplasty. That’s the reality in our backlogged public health system, according to a recent survey by The Fraser Institute, a think tank based in Vancouver. In the United States, you can often be on an operating table within a week or two of referral to a surgeon.”
“Canadian patients who go [ to the U.S. ] report speedier, better service….anybody can find the specialist he or she needs, or gain access to the most advanced technology available.”
Canadian government:
“Four years ago when Suzanne Aucoin was diagnosed with colorectal cancer, she had to travel every week to the United States to buy life-saving cancer drugs ” Medical Tourism Boosted by Long Wait Times – Embassy – Newspaper
http://www.embassymag.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2007/march/28/tourism/
Health insurance in America is affordable. In many states, good private healthcare insurance only costs around $ 100 a month. The problem is old insurance laws block the insurance from being sold from state to state. That stifles competition. Consumers should be allowed to purchase insurance directly from HMO’s with no middlemen involved.
President Bush Delivers State of the Union Address,
“Allow Health Insurance to be Purchased Across State Lines ”
http://www.whitehouse.gov/stateoftheunion/2006/healthcare/
Reforming Health Care for the 21st Century
“Why can’t people buy health insurance over state lines?”
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ao0eomAKXMcJAyprF3hnaMTty6IX?qid=20070813004202AA9jlt0
Answer by Mercer Devil
Lol, I’ll bet it will be pretty quick. Necessity is the mother of invention.
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