Calling All Non-Americans!! Would You Trade Health Care Systems With Us?

[opebo]

Why would I trade a free service for an HMO? That would be insane.

I don't know why so many people seem to be under the impression that HMOs are the only type of health insurance available in the US: They're not even the type of plan most people have.

True, many people have no 'insurance' at all, and many that do have it lose it once they become sick.

[opebo]

It's pretty blatant people are voting "no" to make a point.  Our healthcare is clearly far superior and would prove beneficial to the dominant demographic on the forum.  Though I suppose it is the "Political Debate" section so I should expect people to vote politically.

I think people are voting for security, ff.  Many people posting on this forum are workers, and even if they are relatively well paid workers, their access to health care under the american system would be extremely insecure and dependent on their holding a job.  Aside from the tenuous nature of jobs in a general economic sense, it is worth noting that there is no reason for an employer or an insurer to retain an individual once he becomes sick.

A 'no' vote is not a political vote, or a vote to make a point, but simply a vote in rational self-interest.

[opebo]

Ignoring reality in favor of an cheap insult again, I see.

I'm well aware that the majority of posters here are from disgustingly privileged backgrounds, but I reckon that money is an "issue" for slightly more than 1%... certainly as far as non-American posters are concerned.

You have to remember that Fuzzy is a dependent child, Al.  I was just like him at 20 or whatever he is - the family teat was right there in front of my face.  I realize Fuzzy's family is richer than mine, but I'd like him to observe that I'm finally mostly cut off at about 40 (its been a ten year off and on process), receiving only a few thousand a year nowadays.  It could happen to him too!

I do wonder how Fezzyfestoons will bridge the gap between getting cut off and inheriting...

[opebo]

To say that government policy in the 1800s was, in some respects, superior to what has replaced it, is a far cry from calling the 1800s the "good old days."

I have no idea what the rest of your post has to do with anything.

How were they superior?  Can you come up with broad examples of how society was better off in the 19th century than it is today?

It was, or at least appeared to be, better for the rich.  Therefore Philip prefers it.  We must remember, however, that Philip and his ilk do not in fact have any understanding of how society works, and labour under a willful refusal to look at the brutality of the world in which they actually live.  They are deludeds.