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xoxoxoBruce 05-30-2007 07:05 PM

Waiting 6 or 8 months for a Doctors appointment, and years for surgery, isn't healthy. Neither is the blood pressure spike when the Doctor says, "You should have seen me sooner".

busterb 05-30-2007 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 348313)
If you think the government can run a health care system, take a closer look at the V.A.

I well know, but sometimes it seems better than a few years back.
Take a guess where the people off welfare went to work. For the Gov.

piercehawkeye45 05-30-2007 07:52 PM

If we did have a socialized health care I'm sure it would be corrupted so the rich would get appointments earlier.

You have more doctor appointments when you are on socialized healthcare and they are usually for prevention, not treatment, so it is hard to compare the two.

TheMercenary 05-30-2007 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45 (Post 348868)
If we did have a socialized health care I'm sure it would be corrupted so the rich would get appointments earlier.

You have more doctor appointments when you are on socialized healthcare and they are usually for prevention, not treatment, so it is hard to compare the two.

Actually it would be more like a dual system similar to the British system. The doctors would go to work at the welfare hospital in the morning and to their private practice where the rich can pay in the afternoon.

piercehawkeye45 05-30-2007 08:01 PM

Either way, it would work out for the people with the dinero.

TheMercenary 05-30-2007 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45 (Post 348877)
Either way, it would work out for the people with the dinero.

Yes.


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