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Take the Health Care Poll

What should be the roll of government when it comes to health care?
The government should provide free health care for all citizens.
35%
 35%  [ 5 ]
The government should pass laws requiring everyone to purchase health insurance.
7%
 7%  [ 1 ]
The government should subsidize health insurance for children and others who can't afford it.
21%
 21%  [ 3 ]
The system of medicare and medicaid works fine now and nothing should change.
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
It is not the roll of government to provide health care or health insurance to all citizens.
28%
 28%  [ 4 ]
Other (please specify)
7%
 7%  [ 1 ]
Total Votes : 14

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Take the Health Care Poll

Health care is quickly becoming a big issue for presidential candidates and I'm wondering what UFSC members think about this issue.

What should the roll of government be in terms of health care?

Please take the poll...
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Post Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:08 am 
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I just think if you were born here,and worked to pay your dues,if you are hurt,or disabled,and they say they will help you they should.As Ive said before tho,Ive fought this battle for a very long time,and I'm proof they lie.

Others that were not born and raised here,get everything free and I'll never understand that. ie: people living here as illegals. JMO
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I don't think it's a case they actually get it free, they just don't pay for it when the bills are due.
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I actually voted wrong, I should have used other. I think the problem with health care is that the insurance companies will pay anything to the drug companies. If they stopped paying 90 dollars a pill for pills that cost 34 cents to make and the FDA didn't charge 800 million dollars to approve a drug we would be going in the right direction. I think we blame the big drug companies for their price gouging first, insurance companies for paying that outragous money ang thirdly the government for looking the other way and/or making big bucks too off of it

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hehehe...you know how many jokes I'm letting slide, wrong vote, Florida...But I like ya Big Guy....
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Moonlight Patrol wrote:
hehehe...you know how many jokes I'm letting slide, wrong vote, Florida...But I like ya Big Guy....


That actually took a second to sink in, I wasn't down here then. Way Funny!!! I can take it believe me.

Mitt Romney for Pres... possibly maybe...

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I've been considering this problem for quite some time and I'm really torn on the issue.

On one hand, a person shouldn't be denied medical care because they can't afford it.

On the other hand, our government is so inept that they can't discover a 1 million dollar shipping charge for two 19c washers. The current socialized medicine we have in this country (the Veterans Administration), is a disaster.

Forcing everyone to purchase medical insurance is a concern because Insurance companies routinely put profit over all else. Perhaps I would go along with this idea if the monies were deducted from an individuals payroll check, only if the individual meets a minimum threshold of earning, and only if the laws were changed that removed the insurance companies ability to arbitrarily deny claims. All medical care, as deemed necessary by your doctor, would have to be covered. Most people are having this money deducted from their pay now so not much would change here.
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Gadget Wizard wrote:
I've been considering this problem for quite some time and I'm really torn on the issue.

On one hand, a person shouldn't be denied medical care because they can't afford it.

On the other hand, our government is so inept that they can't discover a 1 million dollar shipping charge for two 19c washers. The current socialized medicine we have in this country (the Veterans Administration), is a disaster.

Forcing everyone to purchase medical insurance is a concern because Insurance companies routinely put profit over all else. Perhaps I would go along with this idea if the monies were deducted from an individuals payroll check, only if the individual meets a minimum threshold of earning, and only if the laws were changed that removed the insurance companies ability to arbitrarily deny claims. All medical care, as deemed necessary by your doctor, would have to be covered. Most people are having this money deducted from their pay now so not much would change here.


Good points.

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Gadget Wizard wrote:
I've been considering this problem for quite some time and I'm really torn on the issue.

On one hand, a person shouldn't be denied medical care because they can't afford it.

On the other hand, our government is so inept that they can't discover a 1 million dollar shipping charge for two 19c washers. The current socialized medicine we have in this country (the Veterans Administration), is a disaster.

Forcing everyone to purchase medical insurance is a concern because Insurance companies routinely put profit over all else. Perhaps I would go along with this idea if the monies were deducted from an individuals payroll check, only if the individual meets a minimum threshold of earning, and only if the laws were changed that removed the insurance companies ability to arbitrarily deny claims. All medical care, as deemed necessary by your doctor, would have to be covered. Most people are having this money deducted from their pay now so not much would change here.



As a victim (oooops I meant patient) of the VA health care system I could not agree with you more
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