Jan
27
Have you seen a list of countries with some sort of Universal Health Care?
ByQuestion: Afganistan and Iraq have it through the Unites States war funding. Americans pay for it. TOTALLY FREE health care from Americans for Iraqi and Afganistan people.
Here is a list:
Afghanistan*, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iraq*, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Ukraine and the United Kingdom
*Universal health coverage provided by United States war funding in Iraq and Afganistan.
5 Comments
January 28th, 2010 at 12:37 am
Hell yeah! I have a dual citizenship. I live in the US but my doctor is in Ukraine. The plane ticket is a lot cheaper than the insurance premiums.
January 28th, 2010 at 12:57 am
You forgot Canada ; yes they do have a health care plan since 1964
January 28th, 2010 at 1:50 am
You can’t compare those countries with the US. Except for Russia and Canada, we are much bigger than those other nations and have a huge population.
Canada being the second largest country in the world, after Russia, has a small population and I would say most don’t like the health care they receive.
The cost and bureaucracy for government health care in America would be so big, plus waste and fraud, it just won’t work.
You need to find another argument.
January 28th, 2010 at 2:13 am
Health care in Afghanistan and Iraq are not even close to being universal. Most of the health care provided by the US is emergency care, not chronic illness and very little routine medicine.
January 28th, 2010 at 2:53 am
There is also a list in Wikipedia. But the interesting list is provided by the World Health Organization, which ranked Canada’s health system (30th) above the USA’s (37th). Health performance ranked 35th and 72nd, respectively. For health spending as a % of GDP, USA is #2 at 15.2% with Canada trailing at 9.8%. Keep in mind, providing health care to remote regions with small populations is very costly, and still the Canadian system is cheaper. The arguments in the US from some vocal Republicans are unfounded.
Health care costs are a concern, as the open discussion of what is reasonable is too contentious. I think expectations from health care are a bit unrealistic, thinking that every possible measure should be taken after illness has occurred, but that no preventative measures should be necessary.
As a proud Canadian, I can’t understand the issue in the US. There is this unfailing myth that not-for-profit will cost more than for-profit. For-profit may be more ‘efficient’ in some respects, but at whose detriment and to whose benefit? The corporation won’t (in fact are expected not to) lose. Why would a corporation, with no responsibilty to act ethically and accountable to shareholers for financial performance, be preferable to the government, whose sole purpose is to serve and be accountable to the public? From what I hear of HMO’s, those in need are not the ones best served. Should money for a few (HMO’s and shareholders) be valued so far above humanity and civility for the majority?
I’m feel disheartened seeing the vile tactics being used by some Republicans, while rational, thoughtful conservative approaches to issues are laid silent. My fear is that the vile tactics of some claiming to be patriots will stir their country to another civil war.