Tisk, tisk, tisk... you KNOW I'm ultra consrvative and don't trust them to do health care.
After serving for 20 years, the LAST place I want to be is in a VA or Military hospital. Just recently, an Army doc told me I had glocoma! (for the record, it was an improperly executed test) I've supposedly had RA too. Most vets will tell you that the government run medical service for the military is horriffic. You wait for hours to see docs (even with appointments), expensive treatments may be denied just for lack of money, someone higher ranking used up the funds on their cosmetic surgery, you may be denied service just because you or a family doesn't fit a present profile, etc
This is an example of how badly things will go. It is how our government does business and will keep doing it... VERY POORLY!
Government does things that aren't profitable. Their job is to spend money, not make it. They should be relegated to functions where profit is not possible. Like infrastructure, defense, regulation of business.
Personally, I'd rather see an insurance reform attempt rather than govt take-over of the medical system. I know from my relatives that mal-practice insurance can cost 60-70% of a doctor's income. So in my opinion, we are looking at the wrong element in this equation... don't put the government in control of the health care system, let them do something about the corrupt insurance industry that fuels the problem...
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Date: 2009-08-08 11:07 pm (UTC)After serving for 20 years, the LAST place I want to be is in a VA or Military hospital. Just recently, an Army doc told me I had glocoma! (for the record, it was an improperly executed test) I've supposedly had RA too. Most vets will tell you that the government run medical service for the military is horriffic. You wait for hours to see docs (even with appointments), expensive treatments may be denied just for lack of money, someone higher ranking used up the funds on their cosmetic surgery, you may be denied service just because you or a family doesn't fit a present profile, etc
This is an example of how badly things will go. It is how our government does business and will keep doing it... VERY POORLY!
Government does things that aren't profitable. Their job is to spend money, not make it. They should be relegated to functions where profit is not possible. Like infrastructure, defense, regulation of business.
Personally, I'd rather see an insurance reform attempt rather than govt take-over of the medical system. I know from my relatives that mal-practice insurance can cost 60-70% of a doctor's income. So in my opinion, we are looking at the wrong element in this equation... don't put the government in control of the health care system, let them do something about the corrupt insurance industry that fuels the problem...