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March 19, 2008, 8:03 am
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Government Provided Health Insurance? 

What is your take: Would the health insurance world be a better place if the government provided all benefit coverage? Would you allow people to choose to purchase private care? Would that care/coverage be better than what the govenment could offer? Financially, would this kind of program be sustainable for the government and more affordable for the typical American family? 

March 23, 2008, 8:31 pm
Flag as Inappropriate djproscribe says...

I would like to see the government manage the financing, but leave the actual medicine to the private sector. I don't think the NHS (in England) works well enough to use as a model.

I do think the insurance companies have way too much power to determine who gets treatment. I don't want that power in the hands of the government.  

March 25, 2008, 2:14 am
Flag as Inappropriate Cassie says...

Here in the US the government only pays health insurance for those with children or seniors. If you are not in one of these groups, and don't have private insurance, then you go without. Or you learn about other ways to buy your medications.

I wish the government would pay for health insurance for the rest of us. 

March 25, 2008, 10:57 am
Flag as Inappropriate pen10 says...

My mother in law lives in London and while the NHS does work for her and her extended family it is not fully the best. Its still the same as Canada where if its not life threatening there is still a waiting list.

I don't think anyone right now has a perfect model to go off of, but its still better than what we have currently. I know so many that can not afford to get sick its really sad. 

March 26, 2008, 7:48 pm
Flag as Inappropriate Cassie says...

It is sad. I am one of those that can not afford to get sick. It would just seem that the government could take some money away from the Iraq situation and give some help with health care for the poor single people trying to survive.  

March 27, 2008, 9:05 am
Flag as Inappropriate skatss says...

I think that the government should provide health insurance for everyone who needs it. If someone can afford additional coverage then they should be able to do that as well.

For a government to allow its citizens to go without health care is horrible. No one should get sick because they can't afford a doctor or meds. 

April 1, 2008, 1:34 am
Flag as Inappropriate tmostuff says...

I agree that no one should go without medical treatment or medication but I question our governments ability to be fiscally responsible. Look what's happened to Social Security. Unless there were some stiff penalties for using the funds for unrelated causes, I think National Health Insurance would suffer the same fate.  

April 22, 2008, 2:04 pm
Flag as Inappropriate holly says...

Healthcare and insurance is a multi-billion dollar private sector industry. If the government takes over not only will healthcare become subpar it will dramatically affect the economy. You think the recession is bad now....If insurance becomes governmental, we might as well rename the year to 1929! 

April 22, 2008, 2:10 pm
Flag as Inappropriate holly says...

another thing.... No one needs to go without medical treatment because of lack of insurance coverage. The biggest problem is not lack of coverage but rather people's lack of knowledge about the options that ARE available!!!! The government already provides low-income and indigent care coverage through medicaid and it's private HMO and charity care programs available at EVERY hospital, again government sponsored!!!!! Prescription coverage is available through the PAAD program and every pharmaceutical company has special programs... we don't need socialized healthcare... we need people to be educated about the existing options!!!!! 

June 2, 2008, 10:45 am
Flag as Inappropriate pheinbaugh2 says...

I think everyone deserves treatment. I barely can afford insurance payments and I have good coverage. 

July 18, 2008, 1:42 pm
Flag as Inappropriate lilbit says...

I have no insurance at all. I don`t qualify for medicaid. I have to pay my doctor cash. I can`t go see my surgeon anymore and I need more back surgery. I can only wait until I get approved for disability. It really stinks not having any insurance. If i ever get really sick and need to go to the hospital I`m done. And there is nothing I can do about it. Sometimes it makes me cry cause I need my surgeon but he charges $200. When he did the surgery I had a lawyer cause it was from a car accident. I had two spinal fusions. One in my neck one in my back. But that case is over and i`m left with nothing but a fight with the disability office