NATIONAL DISGRACE: US Health Care System Kills and Bankrupts

Hardball with Chris Matthews. August 8, 2007.

Retired and disabled AFL-CIO union member, Steve Skvara, presented a question at the Democratic presidential debate in Chicago on the previous day.

Any American could fall into a dire situation similar to Steve with nowhere to turn for what truely must be considered the most basic of human rights -- health care. We are the only free industrialized nation in the world that has been conditioned to think of health care as only a "benefit". This MUST change!

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[guitarplayer4real]

Actually its the people here who are the national disgrace.

[Charlie12241]

@Hammersley1967 I am. Our government cares more about companies than the people they represent.  They get "lobbied" with money or gifts by special interests who want us to be sick. When we are we have to pay for medince and surgery.

[judoz420]

FUCK AMERICAN HEALTH CARE I CANT EVEN AFFORD TO TREAT MY DIABETES THANKS AMERICA ANOTHER MAN TO DIE BECAUSE OF YOUR GREED THANK YOU.

[Hammersley1967]

@wtfjaftw

Oh... I wasn't aware of that...

WELL THEN I REALLY HATE THE UK!!!

THE FOOD'S SHIT!!!

THE PEOPLE SUCK!!!

AND IF YOU GET HURT, YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR 12 HOURS IN A GRIMY, TURD INFESTED EMERGENCY ROOM!!!

[Hammersley1967]

@wtfjaftw

"that's why your that much more in a hell hole than the US"

Ahem....

46,000,000 Million Americans live beneath the poverty line...

Having lived in both countries, I'll take the UK any day of the week...

I was physically SHOCKED by the appalling poverty and homelessness problem in the States...

The United States government and public should hang their heads in SHAME!!!

[MrSyntheticDesign]

@Hammersley1967 I was considering having rich people like kim kardashian and charlie sheen to help pay for healthcare do you know how much charlie sheen gets paid for ONE episode of Two and a half men?! its in the millions... its an idea though. and everyone knows nobody watches "Keeping up with the Kardashians and they get paid big money to make a pile of shit on the air waves...

[jopeon1983]

@jopeon1983 im from the uk and we europeans like all canadians, asians etc love our healthcare so much it's considered a birthright

[jopeon1983]

almost every country on earh except for a few african nations and the usa, provide universal healthcare for it's citizens, something is very wrong in the united states. very wrong

americans pay for the police, fire department through tax yet won't pay for free healthcare ??? someone explain that madness to me

[MrStarman1978]

@eugene680 dido eugene! Thank goodness we're Canadians!

[Hammersley1967]

Can an American answer this question?

Why doesn't the US government pay for everyone's health care who does not have insurance?

What's the problem?

I'm Australian and my wife underwent a bilateral lung transplant 2 years ago.

We have a combined income of less than $50,000.

The government payed for pre-transplant care, surgery and post transplant care.

The entire cost - which would have been several million.

An its Australia - a far less wealthy country than America.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?