The Republican candidates response to the question saying that if we can afford a trillion dollar war in Iraq why can’t we afford medical insuinsurance for everybody? Other than Ron Paul who didn’t really have a response about health care, they all say privatize, privatize, the status quo, and pick yourself up by your own bootstraps.
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25 Responses to “ABC GOP Debate: Medical Insurance for Everybody?”
Because America is …
Because America is not socialist, bumb !
By BobbieandSteveDooley on Nov 28, 2008
Why do U.S. …
Why do U.S. citizens go to Mexico for health care?? Oh yeah counterfeit prescription medicine.
By sataraid on Nov 28, 2008
Abuse of socialized …
Abuse of socialized medicine,quality gone to along with wages for nurses, doctors, and all other occupations and industries ociated with the Health care industry. This Governmentand their media will laugh us into the grave-THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU!!!
By glamndring on Nov 28, 2008
Believe me, i live …
Believe me, i live in Canada. Socialized health care is . Everyone with a cough or whatever goes and sees the doctor, people just abuse it like crazy.
I broke my arm and had to wait 3 days for a cast LMFAO. They killed my grandmother too.
The doctors are noobs too, they don’t get payed well and they don’t give a flying about you.
By masteropie001 on Nov 28, 2008
If you want …
If you want healthcare pay for it or use insurance, if you cant afford it forward this bill to a private collection agency. Even if your taxed for it you will have to pay remaining balances regardless. The tuff part is proving if someone can pay or not.
By APB187 on Nov 28, 2008
I love that were …
I love that were will the Canadians come for health care
By marinehawk213 on Nov 28, 2008
I’m all for …
I’m all for preventative [health] care, like as Huckabee talks about, but what about when you get into a surprise accident and your car crashes, you get internal bleeding, you break 50 bones, etc… you’re going to need that hospital, no matter what. : |
btw, Ron Paul 2008
Because we won’t be able to afford ANYthing if the dollar crashes…
By genaminna03 on Nov 28, 2008
People in the U.S. …
People in the U.S. also go to Mexico for health care.
By nzalud2 on Nov 28, 2008
Fred Thompson shows …
Fred Thompson shows his ignorance here.
By hockeypuke on Nov 28, 2008
I love these guys.. …
I love these guys…no answers here…and they look really silly while not answering. Somebody should tell them the answers aren’t there because the privatization of health care, brought to us by Ronald Reagan, will never work…it’s a wealth transfer program to the rich and therefore to republican election caufers. Most know that…the rest are quickly learning.
By DinosaurAE on Nov 28, 2008
The problem with …
The problem with your argument is uming insurance companies are private. At the very least its a private-govt hybrid. Your right the insurance companies wouldn’t be able to exist because they are propped up by government. Nowhere else but government do you get situations where the company will benefit by providing less to its customers.
By thomasw78 on Nov 28, 2008
Ron Paul is right, …
Ron Paul is right, we can’t do too much when all the funding is going to the war in Iraq. Well actually corporations are pocketing it but thats another story.
By mikezdiesel on Nov 28, 2008
France is tops, and …
France is tops, and the United States dead last, in providing timely and effective healthcare to its citizens, according to a survey Tuesday of preventable deaths in 19 industrialized countries.
By eekdog2005 on Nov 28, 2008
Ron Paul is my HERO!
Ron Paul is my HERO!
By afarnum on Nov 28, 2008
The real solution …
The real solution is to have everyone insured and the only one that can provide that is the government. Private insurance will go out of business if forced to compete openly with Medicaid.
By videocafeblog on Nov 28, 2008
I agree with a …
I agree with a small portion of your argument but that’s not what Paul said in the video either, is it? Medicaid overhead is around 3%. Private insurance is over 20% for administrative costs. What you said here doesn’t address that. Sometimes government can do some things better if the people running it don’t want to prove it doesn’t work, and line the pockets of their contributors by privatizing everything.
By videocafeblog on Nov 28, 2008
Lest we forget that …
Lest we forget that companies still compete for workers and having good benefits is part of that. I don’t know if the average person works salary or not, but a large number do.
By BenRose3d on Nov 28, 2008
The end-all answer …
The end-all answer to your question is personal accountability.
Contractors are already paying their own insurance since they aren’t getting it through the company they are being paid by (not working for on salary). Somehow they’re able to afford it and they aren’t making 40% more than their salary working counterparts.
By BenRose3d on Nov 28, 2008
They don’t mandate …
They don’t mandate it by law but employers get huge tax breaks for providing care that individuals don’t. This drives costs up for people who don’t get insurance through their employer. When their costs go up they choose to go without insurance. Then you and I end up paying for their health care.
By thomasw78 on Nov 28, 2008
Where has …
Where has government mandated that employers provide insurance? That’s just not true. I have insurance because my union negotiated it. My husband has none and is on mine and it sure as isn’t “free”. It’s part of a wage package we negotiated and my pay check and our co-pays and premiums are skyrocketing due to people like myself making up for those with no insurance who go to emergency rooms. You’re arguments are out of left field.
By videocafeblog on Nov 28, 2008
Health care …
Health care inflation is because of government involvement in the health industry. Government has mandated that employers provide insurance. This has driven up costs for anyone who can’t get “free” health care through their employer which has caused 47 million uninsured. As usual a government policy to provide something for everyone has resulted in less people actually receiving it. You can’t solve the problem unless you understand the causes of it.
By thomasw78 on Nov 28, 2008
So if we don’t take …
So if we don’t take the profit motive out of the insurance industry or make them compete with Medicaid how does the average person afford their own insurance? I have to disagree with you that he fully gave a good solution to the problem. He gave a partial one that would not solve it. Corporate greed and record profits above care is a large part of the problem and not only our war spending which I do agree with him is a problem.
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By NP323 on Nov 28, 2008
In response to the …
In response to the description, Ron Paul has already answered this. By getting rid of the income tax and weaning those who are able to support themselves off of the federal government, people would be able to buy insurance.
I know that if I got to keep what I pay in federal income taxes, I could afford much better health insurance. I’d be more inclined to donate to charitable hospitals as well.
By BenRose3d on Nov 28, 2008
Anyone else notice …
Anyone else notice that none of the Candidates explain HOW they plan on fixing it, they just say whats wrong, whats wright or what MIGHT be causing the problem, but NOT ONE of the candidates offers their view on fixing the problem except Ron Paul.
I can’t believe people look so down on Ron Paul when he’s actually providing answers.. he might not have all the answers, but he sure as does a better job than any candidate at fixing them. Sad thing is, he won’t win.
By tdn86 on Nov 28, 2008