Socialized Health Care in the USA

[kandrathe]

And you only 'hear' of people leaving Canada to get care in the US.

I don't actually hear of many people going either direction. But, if Canada was great, and the US was overpriced and poor quality then you would think that people would opt for the cheaper better option.

Do you want to go to the doctor, when you don't need to? Do you want to get operated on? I sure don't. I'd rather avoid it, when not necessary.

No, I'm sure some people would find it nice to talk to a shrink once a week, and there are these pills that remove pain, uplift mood, and curb your appetite at the same time. While we are at it, why don't we pay for your birth control, and erectile dysfunction. Personally, I suffer from male pattern baldness, so perhaps the government should do something about that as well.

Again, dealing with random accidents and illness is the part of insurance that works. It happens seldom enough that the group pool of insurance money can afford the occasional million dollar operation.

The part that doesn't work is care taking of someone's daily insulin treatments and monthly doctor visits due to adult onset type II diabetes derived from over consumption. Especially since lack of exercise, and an over abundance of cheap sugar enriched fatty foods permeates our diets.

Now, I'm not saying we should encourage people to die. Just that our society cannot afford to ignore health, and expect to get free health care. Our government is going broke with Medicare, and Medicaid, and Social Security, so why do we think that Medicare for everyone is going to be different? It sounds like that definition of insanity, where you do the same thing over and over expecting a different result. Or, perhaps we just don't care if we dump another $200K per capita burden on our children and grandchildren to deal with. We made sure that we were taken care of, but who cares about the future.