National health care better be good

More at http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=102 Wolff Pt.4 : Employers will push workers off company health plans so Gov plan must provide good coverage

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[luv4knowledge]

structural violence is an overall term referring to the way America is set up: to eliminate the poor as much as possible....we're the only industrial country that makes people work every single day and still be poor at the end....it also refers to the fact that there is no interest in the government to objectively deal with poverty, that's why poor neighborhoods are sold off as lost causes and their schools don't get money/good teachers, they don't have supermarkets or safe places for exercise

[econdemocracy]

"He is lying at 1:40, it is actually an advantage for the US" No he is not lying..I realize its counter to the usual spin we hear, but what he said is not only true, it's proven in the marketplace, with US companies moving some plants to Canada to pay Canadians higher wages because that still costs them less than paying Us workers (lower wages but huge healthcare costs). Why? Private is more efficient right? No, our privasystem is much less efficient: 20%+ overhead; Medicare? 3% Canada? 1%

[scscruzer]

Maybe all these people who don;t have it should get it. And start prioritizing their spending.

Also, a large part of the uninsured are college aged kids. Most people that work can afford healthcare.

I am not saying it is perfect, but I am not for stripping our system into some eurosocialized garbage that kills innovation and quality. That is not the answer clarko

[hellotommy]

get a job, then you will have health insurance. Stop being a deabeat looking for a handout and you will find the American dream. It is not for lazy SS it is for the people that contribute to society not for illigals and sponges.

[osmobm01]

The American health status quo needs to change but that doesn't mean that any reform if good reform. Health care should be a right, but it can't be. Unlike other rights, healthcare depends on highly qualified people to provide it. Introducing any kind of government option will eventually lead to total government monopolization of the health system. The cost of health care comes down to the ratio of doctors versus the general population. Reform the current system, don't replace it.

[PairoftheSocks]

The problem with United States healthcare is too much government intrusion. We have literaly converted it to a facist system where government gets in bed with business. If you simply look at healthcare in the 1950's and compare it to today there has to be something wrong, as the 1950's had great healthcare service but it was entirely private. Now its facist and broken, so more government will only make it worse. Government monopolies suck.

[PairoftheSocks]

Coecion is wrong so your statement contradicts itself. Nor is nationalized healthcare better. Other countries with national healthcare still send patients to private companies because they dont have the capacity. Ever been to the dmv? Oh yeah, national healthcare will suck.

[clarko95]

Wow, maybe all these anti-nationalization-of-health­care people should give up their insurance and see what its like without it.

So maybe a few socialist countries have it nationalized. But so does almost EVERY DEMOCRATIC country on this Earth.

Caring for your people isn't socialist, its the right thing to do. And thats what our government is supposed to do, take care of us.

How would you like your child,your spouse,or even yourself denied life just because you don't have enough money?

[nabeulien27]

He is lying at ~1:40, it is actually an advantage for the US; without universal health coverage tax rates can be lower allowing our companies to charge less and maintain the same profitability as other companies in countries with universal health care.