Gizmo
Rabble Rouser
Is anyone here up for a discussion about how health care should be funded? It's not that I want to stir up s*** on here (no really) but every time I see a thread like this - and I seem to see a lot of them lately - I'm reminded that I live in a country where health care for the populace is funded out of general taxation, and that most of us in the UK like it that way.
Most Americans here, on the other hand, seem happy with the status quo in their country too where health care is concerned (or at least they aren't saying anything to the contrary), and that's a divide which puzzles me. Maybe most of us think our country and the way it does things is the best.
In the US it is more complicated than " funded ".
The US Gov't already runs a health care system called the VA ( Veterans Administration ) & it is dysfunctional.
Meficare ? Frought with fraud.
Obama Care - all 2500 ill defined pages ? Without a single word about TORT REFORM ?
The US Gov't has yet to figure out how to do much besides make politicians into millionaires.
Yes, the US needs healthcare somewhat sanely implemented .