Come and Get it! Free Healt Care for All! - Page 4

bluecuracao · 08-19-2007, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by BrianR

Make heath care "free" and everyone will flood doctor's offices with the slightest complaint.

There are lots of people who already have 'free' health care from the government in some form, or from their employer...I wonder how many of them do that.

edit: oh--missed 9th's post.

DanaC · 08-19-2007, 02:16 PM

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I think that the whole idea of a NHS in America is going to fail because we here have a huge sense of entitlement and there is no system anywhere here that "gives away" anything that isn't fraught with abuse.

Make heath care "free" and everyone will flood doctor's offices with the slightest complaint.

The same arguments were made against the NHS. Indeed, for a little while that was the case: then the novelty wore off and people settled down to not wanting to go to their doctors unless they absolutely had to.

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ake all pharmacies (and pharmacists (chemists to the Brits)) part of the new system so that payments can be controlled and tracked.

Pharmacies are private businesses. They claim back the costs from the NHS when they present the prescriptions they've processed. They also sell medicines. There are times when a medicine is cheaper to get over the counter, or indeed, is simply something you wouldn't need to go to a doctor for. Pharmacies are usually thriving businesses.

piercehawkeye45 · 08-19-2007, 08:51 PM

Free health care would bring the working class to the doctors a lot more since they do a lot of physical work and don't have the best health insurance so they won't go to the doctor unless they have too.

busterb · 08-19-2007, 09:03 PM

Hell I have free health care. Just give your rich uncle a few years, maybe the best ones, of your life. BTW. It's better than it was a few years ago. IMHO.

9th Engineer · 08-19-2007, 10:58 PM

If the best years of your life are your early-mid twenties, then honestly, your life sucks.

piercehawkeye45 · 08-20-2007, 06:49 AM

Better than it being in high school.

9th Engineer · 08-20-2007, 09:46 AM

That is true.

BrianR · 08-20-2007, 10:04 AM

Personally, I wish I could go to my doctor more often. I need regular care and I never get it. Not because I have no health coverage, but because I have so little free time these days. Three days a month? BLEH! I spend half of it sleeping and the rest preparing to leave again.

Two hours for a doctor visit? On the assumption that I can get a convenient appointment? Not happening.

orthodoc · 08-21-2007, 07:09 PM

Uh huh ... let the nurses handle the details, yep, that'll be the day.

TheMercenary · 08-21-2007, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by orthodoc

Uh huh ... let the nurses handle the details, yep, that'll be the day.

The insurance companies employ them to fend off claims, it is already happening.

Thanks for your insight orthodoc.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-21-2007, 07:17 PM

Yep, you're a real Doctor.... and my Mom's got a earfull for you.

TheMercenary · 08-21-2007, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Yep, you're a real Doctor.... and my Mom's got a earfull for you.

Not me.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-21-2007, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Not me.

No, not you, Merc. You slipped in there while I was composing. Welcome back.

orthodoc · 08-21-2007, 07:23 PM

That wasn't a jab at nurses, I'm just too OCD to let anyone else handle the details. Delegating ... not my strong suit.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-21-2007, 07:28 PM

Talking about Doctors not listening to the floor nurses observations (with a couple glasses of wine), Is the only time I ever heard her say fuck.

08-19-2007, 09:03 PM	#4
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Hell I have free health care. Just give your rich uncle a few years, maybe the best ones, of your life. BTW. It's better than it was a few years ago. IMHO. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

08-19-2007, 10:58 PM	#5
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	If the best years of your life are your early-mid twenties, then honestly, your life sucks. __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

08-20-2007, 09:46 AM	#7
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	That is true. __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

08-20-2007, 10:04 AM	#8
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Personally, I wish I could go to my doctor more often. I need regular care and I never get it. Not because I have no health coverage, but because I have so little free time these days. Three days a month? BLEH! I spend half of it sleeping and the rest preparing to leave again. Two hours for a doctor visit? On the assumption that I can get a convenient appointment? Not happening. __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

08-21-2007, 07:09 PM	#9
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Uh huh ... let the nurses handle the details, yep, that'll be the day. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

08-19-2007, 08:51 PM	#3
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	Free health care would bring the working class to the doctors a lot more since they do a lot of physical work and don't have the best health insurance so they won't go to the doctor unless they have too.

08-20-2007, 06:49 AM	#6
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	Better than it being in high school.

08-21-2007, 07:17 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yep, you're a real Doctor.... and my Mom's got a earfull for you. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-21-2007, 07:23 PM	#14
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	That wasn't a jab at nurses, I'm just too OCD to let anyone else handle the details. Delegating ... not my strong suit. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

08-21-2007, 07:28 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Talking about Doctors not listening to the floor nurses observations (with a couple glasses of wine), Is the only time I ever heard her say fuck. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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