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[conspiratorsb]

Last night was the first time I saw a "scare tactic" commercial regarding health care reform. It made me laugh because the things it said would happen were so incredibly ridiculous!! So I am passing along a link to the white house's video page regarding the reform that Obama wants to seeI am/was one of the nearly fifty million people in the US

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[bemkah]

Somehow, tons of other developed nations around the world have had a socialised healthcare system as a staple part of their society for decades, and so far, no Big Brother entity has had a say in who lives or dies.

We do take what we have for granted - a few years back I fainted at the train station on my way to work, and the QR guys called an ambulence. I went to hospital, where they took blood, did the usual tests, did an ECG, all kinds of stuff, and I didn't have to pay a cent for it. Of course, it's a lot different here now after the liberal government pretty much raped medicare, but it's loads better than the alternative. You have to be earning under a certain amount to be eligible for a health care card, which entitles you to discounted medicine, free visits to the doctor, and free ambulence. If you earn over that set amount, then you pay for your visit, but you get the majority of your money back. Everyone is entitled to it.

My father is also on disability payments from the government, and my mother receives carer payment as well. It's a decent amount too, and payable on alternate fortnights, so every week they have money coming in. I've always believed that that was what governments are for. To run the country, and help the people that need help. The majority of people benefit from a social healthcare system, so it seems kind of a no-brainer to me, and, like Froggy, it angers me too that people can't see past their own selfish issues with their tax money going to someone else.