Rand Paul Equates Universal Health Care And Slavery

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[Aviator9999]

I live in the UK and our NHS costs the state half as much as the healthcare in the US, and it is free, and it is ranked higher by the World Health Organisation (UK = 18th, USA = 37th)

[whiskasalpha]

LOL.. Is this guy a doctor? health worker?? Pity the poor sods who think he is able to tie his own shoes, wipe his own arse! The guy is mentally retarded.. Really makes me worry about this so called "super power"

[DukeofWellington91]

@Aviator9999 Have you used the NHS lately? I am glad I haven't, some of my relatives haven't been so lucky. Those numbers are probably skewed for the US as many people aren't insured - mostly due to their own choices. A major reason I will be leaving these not so happy lands is that I do not want to grow old relying on the NHS. It will no doubt be the death of me.

[jsgdk]

It just ends up being cheaper.. Call it want you want.. its all about forcing the medicinal companies and hospitals to do collective bargaining with the people.. A libertarian would love a national Health "union".. These American "libertarians" are probably just using it as a badge.

[WheresPoochie]

@jbthetrainer Universal health care is based on the principal that it is a citizen's duty to help ensure the health benefits of his/her neighbors.

Is it perfect? Heck no. Is it mandatory charity? Well, you can think of it that way. You can call this socialist discourse many negatives things but you can't call it a selfish pursuit. Public opinion (though deterring) would tell you that the Canadian majority really don't mind helping others get treatment.

[jbthetrainer]

@WheresPoochie but the citizens still pay for the public system whether or not they take part in it. This is welfare. Why is paying a doctor bill the responsibility of anyone other than the person who saw the doctor?

[jbthetrainer]

@Aviator9999 nothing is free. someone has to pay for it. Just not you, right?

[WheresPoochie]

Maybe Rand Paul is up-in-arms against the idea because it could means a smaller pay-check for him.

OK, snarkiness aside, Canadian doctors are not obligated to take part in Medicare. Our country has private clinics and the government allows it. If physicians don't want to care for somebody, no communist police is going to put them behind bars (though their job is at risk).

[Vondur]

Rand Paul is not even fit to be the janitor of that clinic, let alone the physician.

[PROUDLIKECOWZ]

@Aviator9999 Because the governments involvement in our health care has made prices skyrocket and unaffordable...

[givemearandomnamenow]

I've never heard of such a thing happening in any country which has Universal Healthcare. This is really sad, because the USA is the only developed country which has no Universal Healthcare. If the government put the war money into healthcare, the USA would have the best healthcare in the world. Not only this, but the mess the USA has right now concerning healthcare and dodgy insurance companies is even more expensive than Universal Healthcare, it makes no sense that this madness doesn't stop.

[FreedomFighter1131]

@harrisonconstantinou Shouting won't solve this, lets have a reasonable discussion. We'll start with just 2 questions: 1. Does a doctor have the right to refuse to help someone who demands to be treated? 2. Do I have the right to decide that I want only to pay for my own medical expenses and not pay into a collective pool for everyone else?