Journal myAmygdala's Journal: Ann Coulter's Official Chat Uses Socialized Software (phpBB) 4
So, I signed up for the message boards on anncoulter.com. You have to sign up in order to access the board. So I signed up.
Republicans are Homo sapiens too. In a health care thread, one Republican Homo sapien laments about his girlfriend having cancer, and being screwed over by the insurance company denying payments. There's no mention of HR 676. One suggested solution is to avoid having to rely on insurance companies by serving in the military. Now, I'm not sure exactly how that works, but I think that if you serve in the military, you get "socialized health care." But the consensus in that community is that "socialized medicine" will only make things worse. The insurance companies are the problem, but eliminating the insurance companies as per HR 676 is considered "socialized medicine," and is therefore bad.
HR 676 is still "insurance," in a way. http://www.pnhp.org/facts/single_payer_resources.php. Anyway, the article (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071228/ap_on_re_as/japan_ambulance_death) attributes the problem to a shortage of doctors and an aging population. "Critics say long working hours and a government policy change several years ago to keep the number of doctors down are to blame." But of course, it being an Ann Coulter forum, it is blamed on socialism.
I don't quite understand all of their really complex, intellectual reasoning, but I suppose that's because I'm just a democrat. If I had any brains, I'd be a republican.
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Answer: You. http://www.pnhp.org/facts/singlepayer_faq.php#run_healthcare_system [pnhp.org]
A single-payer system would not require the implementation of arbitrary quotas such as described.
I never complained about government ineffectiveness.
If insurance companies are the problem because they nickel-and-dime health care instead of helping people get the care they need, then what is the solution? Nothing? This is as good as it gets?
Won't this result in rationing like in Canada? (Score:1)