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Originally Posted by Erin524
I guess if I lose my insurance I'll have to go for the soon-to-be socialized medicine. I dont hold out much hope for the socialized medicine tho, with all the talk about them "rationing" healthcare for people who have serious chronic medical conditions or for people who are older. (I'm only *almost* 40, but I've got the chronic medical condition) I still dont know what they mean about them disciplining the doctors that might not comply with the regulations they're talking about implementing. (I'm guessing that must have something to do with the "rationing".)
I'm not trying to make this a political thread by mentioning the socialized health care. I just dont quite understand how it's going to work, and the stuff that's being mentioned in the media about it is creeping me out about the whole thing. I'd almost rather pay exorbitant prices to keep my private insurance than have to have my healthcare "rationed" or withheld altogether because of my age or the possible seriousness of my MS.
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Given a choice, I think we'd all choose the cadillac version of healthcare, especially on someone else's dime, but most adults have to pay these costs out of their own pockets . . . and many simply can't.
I mean no offense with that statement, but you probably can't relate too much to the the 25%+ of the US population who has no health insurance coverage because they don't have family that can (or will) pay that on their behalf.
A socialized healthcare system does mean that people who are used to the best might not continue to get that, so that people who have nothing can at least have something. It is a "love thy neighbor" type approach, and it does require that they "rob peter to pay paul" to some extent.
I know that might not be considered the "American" way (it sometimes tends to be every man for himself), but at the end of the day, a universal healthcare system does give us what we NEED, but maybe not always what we WANT or desire.
It's a cultural thing, and I hope the US does embrace it for the good of the country as a whole. I also hope that the government does not take advantage of people in the process, which is what many people are afraid of.
(Sorry for the deviation, Kelly ...).
Cherie
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