59% of doctors support universal health care
April 1st, 2008
By Gerardo Orlando
Most people assume that doctors are against universal coverage, but a recent poll shows the opposite.
“Many claim to speak for physicians and represent their views. We asked doctors directly and found that, contrary to conventional wisdom, most doctors support national health insurance,” said Dr. Aaron Carroll of the Indiana University School of Medicine, who led the study.
“As doctors, we find that our patients suffer because of increasing deductibles, co-payments, and restrictions on patient care,” said Dr. Ronald Ackermann, who worked on the study with Carroll. “More and more, physicians are turning to national health insurance as a solution to this problem.”
April 1st, 2008 12:39
G-
Just so you know– this is one of the most Bull Shit polls ever lied about– it’s not my experience and I in no way believe it.
April 1st, 2008 12:49
Nick, I wondered if that was you in all those previous posts. What happened to cause you to become a republican?? Dear lord, you should get that looked into, could be a blow to the head or perhaps a severe mental illness
Seriously, On health care since you are a vested interest I don’t think I can change your mind, both my sisters are in medicine too and they disagree with me. All I can add is the experience of having lived 9 years under national health care in England and Italia and I can tell you first hand, the system functions just fine. Much better in fact than in the USA. I am fully in the public system and have no private insurance.
I think the special interests have conned the middle class into acting against it’s own interest with all these horror stories… health care is a basic human right, period
April 1st, 2008 16:12
John,
Here’s what has made the US greatest, richest country in the world- up till now- strong conservative principles. I’m talking about personal responsibility, creating your own success, earning things on your have, being your own means of success.
Europe and all other countries that are more socialistic than capitalistic have never prospered like the US. Countries like France that mandate 7 weeks vacation for employees have stifled that country’s businesses with the resulting high unemployment rate- I read most of Europe is the same.
Now this socialistic trend is happening here. If you can’t pay your house note because you made a retarded decision to buy a house you can’t afford– government will bail you out- if you don’t finish at least high school and move on to some trade or college we need to give yo u a “living” wage– I mean come on– a guy taking my money for a hamburger should be making 30 k a year-with health care???? Please.
No where in our constitution (ever hear of it?) does it say you have the right to anything except freedom and your pursuit of happiness. Heath care is NOT a right- it’s a commodity to be earned. This country for centuries has provided framework for people to be successful on their own, and now all that is being threatened by idiotic liberal/socialistic policies.
We are encouraging generations of lazy, unambitious trolls because the have the misguided belief that government SHOULD take care of them. I for one do not want a nanny state, and I’ll may my own way- thank you very much. The drop out rate today is astronomical in the US, so I suppose these idiots who cannot make it means my taxes should go up and I should pay their health care…. interesting theory, I’m not buying it.
Back to the article– that “poll” is a lie. It’s bullshit to say 60% of physicians want universal health care.
April 1st, 2008 23:53
We have a $500,000,000,000 military budget. We don’t have to increase taxes to provide health care, we just have to stop making bombs.
Don’t believe everything you hear about the lifestyle and economy over here. On health care as a human right, I’m sorry but I still cannot understand why a person without healthcare who gets cancer has to be financially destroyed. Makes no sense to me…
April 2nd, 2008 15:58
I can be convinced that a catastrophic safety net for illnesses like you mentioned could be a benefit to both the economics of the country as well as the individual, but….
I don’t think the answer is a complete health care give away- from labs to drugs to treatment. Some cost should be on the patient, and…
Who do you think would LOVE if we cut spending on the military (like, um, the dreadful carter years). Maybe ALL our enemies- China, Russia, Iraq, n. Korea..etc…I think most of us have learned from that idiot carter’s mistakes, but I respect your opinion- as misguided as it is
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My current lifes mission is to convert G to the RIGHT side of things– don’t tell him I said that!
April 3rd, 2008 12:09
Ha!
Good debate guys.
I agree with John - providing health care should be a priority.