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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (9200)	9/8/2009 11:10:01 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) of 42652

however govenment has a role to ensure that everyone has equal access to healthcare Not sure what you mean by "access", but why should it be equal? Is this something along the lines of 1 person = 1 vote? I never heard anything about "everyone must get an equal share of the health care". The reality is that some people can afford gold plated health care and others -- those without resources -- need to accept a different level of care. When you talk about "equal care", you are talking about something that simply cannot be delivered. I know of Medicaid nursing homes packed with patients who have no assets. Is it reasonable to expect the same level care at these places that you would get from a $60,000/year facility? Of course not. These patients simply have to settle for less. That doesn't mean they can't get a "reasonable" standard of care, but it isn't going to be as good as others can afford, and by a wide margin. The country needs to get past the idea that health care is a "right". It isn't. And as soon as you make it a "right", you have to provide those $60,000/year nursing homes for Medicaid patients, and then you'll REALLY see a broke government.

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