The only universal thing universal health care will provide is..... that it will
universally suck!!!
What it will provide us with is:
1. Higher costs than we have today
2. Much worse service
3. Longer delays in getting care
4. shit shit shit shit
This is same shit that President Johnson tried in the 60's... you know - his "war on poverty." Well it didn't work back then... and it certainly won't work now. Socialism doesn't work. Socialism is why European countries have a lower standard of living than Americans do - well in terms of wealth and luxury. This will be yet another step down the road to "
equal poverty for all." here's a funny thing - you know... you pay taxes for public education even though you don't have any children in the school... And public schools in the US is such a shining example to that methodology, isn't it? yea same thing for universal health care.
Why should the government provide everything for you? The government should certainly not provide everything for you but it should make sure its population are healthy. If I live in a country, I should expect to be able to survive in it... no matter how much I earn.
Yes America is competitive, democratic and capitalist in nature. The current health care system unfortunately favors the rich over the poor. If you can't afford to pay for an operation, you're either left to die or you're made even poorer. I'm aware of that. That's why it's logical to have a combination of public/state-funded health care for the poor and private health care for the rich - that should be a good balance. America has hundred of charities and teaching hospitals that are required to help even those without health insurance. Surely, you're not going to be getting a $1,000 MRI the next day or having the most highly esteemed surgeon doing your knee operation but you will get treated.
It's a simple math! If you take the same number of working people who are all paying for their own health care in a private system.... and then BAM!!! switch to Universal health care - all of a sudden... they're paying for everybody. Then the average quality of care will go down for everyone. It's a
socialism!!! remember - everyone is equal - both rich and poor. Health care will be no different.
Government-funded health care = universally poorer health care. there is no disputing the numbers. A private system, like our current one, is not perfect. I understand that. But you make exceptions for the disabled and you offer assistance to the poor including free care at one of the many charity hospitals around the nation. Someone find me an example where the government runs an industry more efficiently than a competitive market. oh wait.....
there isn't one!! 
It's just like the police. I don't get to pick and choose the police department or its police officers as my public safety officer. I get what the government gives me because of my taxes. If I don't feel that it's not adequate security for me... then I can choose to hire my own security. If I can't afford my own security then I got to STFU and be happy with the police that I get.
While the idea of universal health care is one of the utmost ideals we can aspire to, it
does not work. Look at any country that has it or tried to implement it. It's a big nightmare for everyone involved and the overall quality is horrible/mediocre. Universal health care is a beautiful idea but in reality... it just
DON'T work especially in USA.
I don't want my hard-earned money going to some asshole who refuses to work and not stop being a drug addict. So tell me why these destitute deserve a free health care? What did they deserve to get a free ride? I work my ass off all years long. Same with my gf, my family and my friends. We're all lower to upper middle class people and we don't get a damn thing for free.
Where is the logic in giving away health care to these leeches? Yea people like Liebling and Jillio will say <whiny voice> "they're human beings too!!!" Well I'm a human being too and I'm tired of paying tax tax tax tax to pay for these freeloaders! :madfawk:
That's why I emphasize on
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. R-E-S-P-O-N-S-B-I-L-I-T-Y. As a self-earner... with a pretty good outlook of my own future.... Universal health care? Fuck that! Get your own. Just like I did. I used to be fucked. But hey I worked my way out of it. and it was a bitch. Tough love sucks. But it really is the best way. I hated my parents when I was young because they would not make it easy for me. But now i am glad they did not coddle me. If they had, I would expect the world to owe me that which I do not have.
NO NO NO!!! Instead - I work hard to provide for myself and my future family. I expect nothing from my government and I will be pleasantly surprised if I get something from them... like stimulus package. This is my life. I am not sitting around waiting on them.
Try it
