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Originally Posted by Deadshot
Fine, it's about lifestyles. Since those won't change overnight we need to improve health care AND lifestyle choices. One will help the other.
Dom1, in those other countries Health Care is free, that is the stats point. Austrailia, Canada, Europe, Japan (I think) - free Health care, ergo statistically they're better then us Health wise. Bring some stats about how it's about the lifestyle, then you have a prayer. But not everybody in America is obese and not every Health Care problem comes from smoking or food.
Universal Health Care would help us, just as it has helped them. That's what the stats mean.
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I never said diet didn't matter. What I said was that I would not be in favor of going after any places that sold food, or anything else, which was deemed bad for us. They are personal choices which those people make. If someone wants to eat four Big Macs per day I say let them go at it. I simply don't care. The only time I would care is when I have to flip the bill for their triple bypass because they didn't take care of themsleves.
The argument was also made above that our health care providers and facilities are inadequate and that was the reason for the statistics. Which is it? Is it that our doctors and nurses suck or is it that we have people who are uninsured? Is it a combination of the two? Pregnant mothers are not turned away from the hospital, so maybe the stats mean our doctors and nurses suck. Fine, how about higher standards then.
Tell me what those stats mean then Deadshot. Does it mean our doctors suck or that we have people who can't afford to pay for proper medical care for their infants?
Who is paying for this universal health care? Who are the people who are ultimately going to be held responsible for this? I would bet anything the burden will fall on the middle class. By the way, there are statistics out there which say that most of the uninsured (the numbers often cited are over estimated) are actually people who work. I found that even on a Democratic government website. Fact is, a person who is on medicare can have a baby for a lot less than I can and I have health insurance. That is absolutely 100% true.