Do people 'deserve' universal health care?

[Thorne]

My contnetion is not so much the cost of Medication, i know R&D is costly and even ore so when the FDA does not approve the drug for sales, butthe R&D cost doesn
t explain the insane cost of Rooms at a Hositpal or a Docotors office visit, if they give youmeds it is sample that they do not pay for meidcation costs are hgiht, but so are Doctors fees, Hosptial fees ect

No, the "insane" cost of rooms at the hospital are because of the losses the hospital has to take by treating anybody who walks through their doors, whether they can pay or not. It's also caused by the high cost of all of the equipment they have to maintain in order to run batteries of needless tests to cover their asses against those people who will sue them for millions if they catch a cold in the hospital.

The same with Doctor's fees. Doctor's pay exhorbitant insurance premiums to cover their practices because our legal system allows anyone to sue for inane reasons. Did you twist your ankle? Better run a full set of X-rays, and maybe an MRI, just to make sure you didn't fracture something, even though there's no evidence that you did, and you're not really in any pain, but let's give you pain meds, which you can't pay for because the costs are too high, so we'll sue the Doctor for overmedicating.

I get tired of hearing these same old arguments! Those who have, charge too much. Those who don't have, want everything for free. It's a simple case of economics! If the price is too high, DON'T BUY IT!

Of course, everyone expects to live to be 100 and have perfect health, and if they don't, well SOMEBODY better figure out a way to fix it! Just don't expect them to pay for it.

[mkemse]

No, the "insane" cost of rooms at the hospital are because of the losses the hospital has to take by treating anybody who walks through their doors, whether they can pay or not. It's also caused by the high cost of all of the equipment they have to maintain in order to run batteries of needless tests to cover their asses against those people who will sue them for millions if they catch a cold in the hospital.

The same with Doctor's fees. Doctor's pay exhorbitant insurance premiums to cover their practices because our legal system allows anyone to sue for inane reasons. Did you twist your ankle? Better run a full set of X-rays, and maybe an MRI, just to make sure you didn't fracture something, even though there's no evidence that you did, and you're not really in any pain, but let's give you pain meds, which you can't pay for because the costs are too high, so we'll sue the Doctor for overmedicating.

I get tired of hearing these same old arguments! Those who have, charge too much. Those who don't have, want everything for free. It's a simple case of economics! If the price is too high, DON'T BUY IT!

Of course, everyone expects to live to be 100 and have perfect health, and if they don't, well SOMEBODY better figure out a way to fix it! Just don't expect them to pay for it.

Thanks