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So, I see on many threads here that a section of our country is concerned with the socialization of healthcare, some politicians are guilty of perpetuating a myth that this will be the miracle "salve"(sorry) to bring about the uplifting of the working and poor class. But there are problems with this idea, so here goes:
Myth 1 - there is little or no care available to the poor and lower middle class.
Truth - no state in the union will allow a hospital to turn away an emergency case, care facilities must at the very least stabalize a patient to insure a safe release, outside of that medicare is an option to those who can't afford insurance as well as private charity and other programs.
Myth 2 - Making healthcare a free for all, government sponsored program will relieve financial burdens on those who would otherwise have to spend much of their income on healthcare.
Truth - Not exactly, taxes would have to be increased on everyone to be able to make these programs readily available, the tax base is already pretty stretched, and to exempt classes outside of the wealthiest 10%(sorry Kerry, but you're wrong) would mean that funding would have to be grabbed from other spending programs, so actually, the burden would simply be shifted to a different area.
Myth 3 - Socialized healthcare is just as good as privatized.
Truth - Where to begin, firstly, every social healthcare system has an even longer wait than private systems(which have hours long waits as is), secondly, when you take out the competitive aspect of medicine, like anything else, you will naturally take out a built in intitiative for the doctor to improve his skills or even care about his success rate or appropriate diagnosis, some would say this already happens now under the private sector, so imagine medicine without the need to perform at one's best.
Myth 4 - Health insurance rates are high because of a combination of insurance companies gouging customers for higher profits and doctors milking their craft for fees.
Truth - not even close, there is currently a trend towards most health companies closing doors because of a lack of profitability, there exists less than a fraction of companies as opposed to the seventies and eighties because it is so hard to give a reasonable rate and pay the bills at the same time. The last information I had on this there were maybe one or two companies out of all the one's left that are actually in the black, the rest are all heavily in the red.
Finally, there is one final problem (that I know of) with socializing health care, under this system, there will be NO health insurance companies left, even though most don't show a profit, ALL insurance companies invest in the market to produce more funds for payouts, with a massive loss in these investments, the market will dip and other companies will suffer as a result, this trend would of course, trickle down to workers everywhere.
Myth 1 - there is little or no care available to the poor and lower middle class.
Truth - no state in the union will allow a hospital to turn away an emergency case, care facilities must at the very least stabalize a patient to insure a safe release, outside of that medicare is an option to those who can't afford insurance as well as private charity and other programs.
Myth 2 - Making healthcare a free for all, government sponsored program will relieve financial burdens on those who would otherwise have to spend much of their income on healthcare.
Truth - Not exactly, taxes would have to be increased on everyone to be able to make these programs readily available, the tax base is already pretty stretched, and to exempt classes outside of the wealthiest 10%(sorry Kerry, but you're wrong) would mean that funding would have to be grabbed from other spending programs, so actually, the burden would simply be shifted to a different area.
Myth 3 - Socialized healthcare is just as good as privatized.
Truth - Where to begin, firstly, every social healthcare system has an even longer wait than private systems(which have hours long waits as is), secondly, when you take out the competitive aspect of medicine, like anything else, you will naturally take out a built in intitiative for the doctor to improve his skills or even care about his success rate or appropriate diagnosis, some would say this already happens now under the private sector, so imagine medicine without the need to perform at one's best.
Myth 4 - Health insurance rates are high because of a combination of insurance companies gouging customers for higher profits and doctors milking their craft for fees.
Truth - not even close, there is currently a trend towards most health companies closing doors because of a lack of profitability, there exists less than a fraction of companies as opposed to the seventies and eighties because it is so hard to give a reasonable rate and pay the bills at the same time. The last information I had on this there were maybe one or two companies out of all the one's left that are actually in the black, the rest are all heavily in the red.
Finally, there is one final problem (that I know of) with socializing health care, under this system, there will be NO health insurance companies left, even though most don't show a profit, ALL insurance companies invest in the market to produce more funds for payouts, with a massive loss in these investments, the market will dip and other companies will suffer as a result, this trend would of course, trickle down to workers everywhere.
