American Health Care - Scary Propaganda!

[llinos]

The scariest piece of propaganda so far, and there is much to choose from, has to be from The Investor's Business Daily, which wrote "The controlling of medical costs in countries such as Britain through rationing, and the health consequences thereof, are legendary. The stories of people dying on a waiting list or being denied altogether read like

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[garnet_took]

I am so ashamed of my follow countrymen sometimes. So many people in the U.S. are just self-centered enough to believe that someone who uses a synthesized voice with a North-American accent has to be from here. Jeeze.

This whole Nazi and death panel thing is really getting on my last nerve. I have been a proponent of a system on the model of Britain and parts of Europe since I was in college and first heard how healthcare was handled in places like the Netherlands, Sweden and Britain.

Of course, I was one of the unfortunate people who knew what it was to turned down for insurance in the U.S. at a very young age. My parents were trying to get insurance of some sort for the family when I was about 16 or 17. When the sales agent heard that I had glaucoma he freaked out. He said he knew almost nothing about the condition but that it was serious and pre-existing so I could not be insured because I was high-risk. I was hurt and angry.

Personally, even though I have insurance now, I wish they'd throw out the whole U.S. insurance system and start from scratch with type of insurance you all have.

Just my two-cents worth.

Gald to see you back on lj.