re: President Obama- Health Care for Every American

[jlaskey54]

Being one of those who is about to lose my current insurance, yet my new job does not give me any, I fall into the "can't afford" category. I will have to get a catastrophic one, where they will pay a % after I pay the first $10 thousand.

I'd like to know the answers to those questions also.

[cccookies]

Thanks for this. I've compiled a playlist of at least 8 responses, including mine, which support single-payer. I am an American in Canada, and mention the advantages of the single-payer system here.

[circusboy90210]

does that include the advantages of 17% sales tax, 40% income tax , and being denied treatment or drugs that are expensive because of your age?medical treatment is not a right but a privelege.

[cccookies]

The combined Federal - Provincial sales tax rate in Nova Scotia is 13%. And I am in the 15% income tax bracket. Here are the Federal income tax rates: * 15% on the first $40,726 of taxable income, + * 22% on the next $40,726 of taxable income , + * 26% on the next $44,812 of taxable income + * 29% of taxable income over $126,264.

I've never been denied medical treatment or drugs. Here in Canada, medical treatment is a right. Do you believe otherwise?

[stscemsomemore]

And those who don't have healthcare are often the ones who actually need it and are therefore denied coverage by health insurance companies since they would actually have to pay out some of millions they make.

[alisoninrome]

Those millions are between 16 and 17% and if you or your loved ones find yourselves in this situation, you'll have a different view. I saw it over and over again.

[circusboy90210]

ooh millions stfu that means nothing those millions are less than 9% this is no reason to turn our whole economy upside down.

[EmpressDeborah]

Did you know that the current US unemployment rate is ...9.1%...and that's something people are getting their knickers in a twist about...so, perhaps healthcare is worth thinking about too...

[circusboy90210]

no forcing me to purchase something I dont' want or fine me is unconstitutional, seeing a doctor is a priveledge not a right. lots of 's folks with deep pockets dont' have health insurance drop one, that's what having money is for. other people choose to take the chance that maybe nothing will happen to them. some even more people just would choose to die rather be kept alive with a machine being a burden on society. democracy is about freedom of choice.

[BluntSpoonProduction]

circusboy try to keep your phonetics straight, its hard to decipher what you just said above, and I would like to understand your point of view.

You claim that democracy is the freedom of choice, to choose whether to live or die. I don't know of many people who would choose to die to 'no longer be a burden on the system'.

I do know that, some people who no longer have any other option than a long painful death, may choose that.

In short: Find some facts, so we can have a real conversation.

[circusboy90210]

yes these are all facts. in canada , england and many other nations with socialized medizene if your over a certain age you don't get treatment. in canada drugs that do help in majority of cancer treatments are not allowed(illegal) because of their expense, this is not the case here in the states where we all pay our own way. lot's of people who don't have insurance simply don't want it , (I don't ) it's my right to not purchase it and hope I can afford the procedures when and if I need them.

[jrubin22]

17 seconds to get to ur question