The vast majority of ordinary Americans believe the Federal government should have absolutely no role in healthcare.
31-35, M
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[i]"Currently, 60% of Americans say the government should be responsible for ensuring health care coverage for all Americans, compared with 38% who say this should not be the government’s responsibility."[/i]
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/13/more-americans-say-government-should-ensure-health-care-coverage/
My personal opinion is that the Federal Government is involved in healthcare in the wrong way. Instead of practicing preventative medicine as is done in other countries that provide universal healthcare, our current government programs instead operate on medicating illness.
It's interesting to note that Big Pharma is investing more money in political campaigns than ever before. Government entities that provide healthcare are not allowed to negotiate drug prices. So long as this is the case, and we are not practicing preventative medicine, the cost of healthcare will continue to be ridicules.
We could very easily fix the problems with Healthcare if we did a few things, as a nation. First, provide more opportunity for people to attend college with the intent of being General Practitioners. Next, all politicians receive only the same healthcare that US Citizens do, which would ensure that they create a more fair, health care system.
I will say this, it's my opinion that the current healthcare system that is in place, benefits big pharma and not the American people in the way it should. It's yet another program instituted by corrupt politicians to benefit corporations.
But to say that the vast majority of Americans believe the Federal government should have absolutely no role in healthcare is absolutely incorrect. As a matter of fact, even if we did not have in place a universal healthcare plan, Government should be more involved in ensuring that Big Pharma is not charging unfair prices for medication, nor focusing on medication as being the cure when preventative medicine would prevent illness in the first place.
[i]"Nearly 60 percent of Americans — the highest ever — are taking prescription drugs"[/i]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/11/03/more-americans-than-ever-are-taking-prescription-drugs/?utm_term=.178835ce3d5e
Americans spend more for prescription drugs than any other nation.
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2016/08/23/Americans-pay-more-than-double-what-other-nations-pay-for-drugs/8501471964588/
[i]"The U.S. ranks 26th for life expectancy, right behind Slovenia"[/i]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/11/21/the-u-s-ranks-26th-for-life-expectancy-right-behind-slovenia/?utm_term=.a0559a682744
We consume more pharmaceutical drugs than any other country, and yet our longevity is 26th in the world.
If our interest was to provide the very best health care system in the world, all we would have to do is benchmark against the worlds current best. Interesting enough, the top 10 countries that provide the very best healthcare systems in the world, are all Universal Healthcare plans initiated and conducted by their governments.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/13/more-americans-say-government-should-ensure-health-care-coverage/
My personal opinion is that the Federal Government is involved in healthcare in the wrong way. Instead of practicing preventative medicine as is done in other countries that provide universal healthcare, our current government programs instead operate on medicating illness.
It's interesting to note that Big Pharma is investing more money in political campaigns than ever before. Government entities that provide healthcare are not allowed to negotiate drug prices. So long as this is the case, and we are not practicing preventative medicine, the cost of healthcare will continue to be ridicules.
We could very easily fix the problems with Healthcare if we did a few things, as a nation. First, provide more opportunity for people to attend college with the intent of being General Practitioners. Next, all politicians receive only the same healthcare that US Citizens do, which would ensure that they create a more fair, health care system.
I will say this, it's my opinion that the current healthcare system that is in place, benefits big pharma and not the American people in the way it should. It's yet another program instituted by corrupt politicians to benefit corporations.
But to say that the vast majority of Americans believe the Federal government should have absolutely no role in healthcare is absolutely incorrect. As a matter of fact, even if we did not have in place a universal healthcare plan, Government should be more involved in ensuring that Big Pharma is not charging unfair prices for medication, nor focusing on medication as being the cure when preventative medicine would prevent illness in the first place.
[i]"Nearly 60 percent of Americans — the highest ever — are taking prescription drugs"[/i]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/11/03/more-americans-than-ever-are-taking-prescription-drugs/?utm_term=.178835ce3d5e
Americans spend more for prescription drugs than any other nation.
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2016/08/23/Americans-pay-more-than-double-what-other-nations-pay-for-drugs/8501471964588/
[i]"The U.S. ranks 26th for life expectancy, right behind Slovenia"[/i]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/11/21/the-u-s-ranks-26th-for-life-expectancy-right-behind-slovenia/?utm_term=.a0559a682744
We consume more pharmaceutical drugs than any other country, and yet our longevity is 26th in the world.
If our interest was to provide the very best health care system in the world, all we would have to do is benchmark against the worlds current best. Interesting enough, the top 10 countries that provide the very best healthcare systems in the world, are all Universal Healthcare plans initiated and conducted by their governments.
USAalltheway · 31-35, M
Fake news
No actually, you can vet all the information yourself. It's rather easy to do. These are actual studies that have been done, and vetted, and polls by prestigious entities such as Gallup.
You can deny what is truth, but that is all you can do. These are proven facts, but by all means do not believe me simply research these things on your own and you will soon figure out all on your own the truth of things.
It's typical with people who cannot accept when they are wrong, to deny actual facts. Some people actively seek to be ignorant of the truth and will cling to their own personal beliefs rather than seek real solid information.
How about you provide proof or evidence or polls on your own claims? If you cannot, your statements only amount to opinions not anything that can considered truth.
You can deny what is truth, but that is all you can do. These are proven facts, but by all means do not believe me simply research these things on your own and you will soon figure out all on your own the truth of things.
It's typical with people who cannot accept when they are wrong, to deny actual facts. Some people actively seek to be ignorant of the truth and will cling to their own personal beliefs rather than seek real solid information.
How about you provide proof or evidence or polls on your own claims? If you cannot, your statements only amount to opinions not anything that can considered truth.
USAalltheway · 31-35, M
@CesareBorgia Facts don't apply to the real world though. They're just another academic system made up by ivory league liberals.
Yet you would put forth your personal opinions as facts, does this mean you are admitting that your facts have no real relevance?
Your entire life is made up of things based on facts. The science of how your car works, the government you support, the clothes you wear, these things were created by people who were educated, not people with beliefs that could not be proven.
So you have something against people who have been educated? And believe as well that all people educated in Ivy League institutions of education are also liberal?
My daughter is one of the most conservative people I know, and she graduated from Stanford. I think perhaps you have a very unreasonable and skewed view of the world, closed minded and it seems as well you prefer to wallow in ignorance.
I get the feeling you feel incompetent when engaging in conversation with people educated, and resort to claiming that they are incorrect by also claiming, and assuming that they are liberals. It makes absolutely no sense at all, certainly nothing that might be called common sense. Common sense would dictate leaving all possibilities open to be confirmed by empirical data, proof, evidence, etc.
Your entire life is made up of things based on facts. The science of how your car works, the government you support, the clothes you wear, these things were created by people who were educated, not people with beliefs that could not be proven.
So you have something against people who have been educated? And believe as well that all people educated in Ivy League institutions of education are also liberal?
My daughter is one of the most conservative people I know, and she graduated from Stanford. I think perhaps you have a very unreasonable and skewed view of the world, closed minded and it seems as well you prefer to wallow in ignorance.
I get the feeling you feel incompetent when engaging in conversation with people educated, and resort to claiming that they are incorrect by also claiming, and assuming that they are liberals. It makes absolutely no sense at all, certainly nothing that might be called common sense. Common sense would dictate leaving all possibilities open to be confirmed by empirical data, proof, evidence, etc.
USAalltheway · 31-35, M
@CesareBorgia No, I put forth my opinions as common sense because that's what they are. Common sense beats facts every time.
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@USAalltheway Shut up 😣
@USAalltheway What you are stating, no matter how many times you say is common sense is not. Just because you claim something is true, doesn't mean it is. Your statements are not based in any sort of common sense, none at all. Common sense would dictate that you accumulate information from vetted, reliable sources and then state facts, not fiction, and put forth real information, not your personal opinion.
USAalltheway · 31-35, M
@CesareBorgia I already told you, facts don't apply to the real world.
@USAalltheway That is not true, insisting it is true only shows your own ignorance. How you can exist in the "real world" without using facts is beyond comprehension.
Your assumption is incorrect, your argument fatally flawed, you say things that the majority of Americans know to be not true, and yet insist on their truthfulness. If your intent is to convince people you are correct, you failed. If you are attempting to attract others to the conservative side, you failed and in fact shed a unfavorable light on all people who might consider themselves conservative. You put forth information that is not true, is flawed or just a plain outright misrepresentation of the facts.
Facts apply, truth applies, facts and truth go hand in hand, you cannot have one without the other. A fact is a truth, a truth is a fact.
Your ignorance is stunning.
Your assumption is incorrect, your argument fatally flawed, you say things that the majority of Americans know to be not true, and yet insist on their truthfulness. If your intent is to convince people you are correct, you failed. If you are attempting to attract others to the conservative side, you failed and in fact shed a unfavorable light on all people who might consider themselves conservative. You put forth information that is not true, is flawed or just a plain outright misrepresentation of the facts.
Facts apply, truth applies, facts and truth go hand in hand, you cannot have one without the other. A fact is a truth, a truth is a fact.
Your ignorance is stunning.
USAalltheway · 31-35, M
@CesareBorgia Actually liberals are the ignorant ones, and that means you.
I'm not liberal, nor conservative. This is a fact, which you would know if you have paid attention to anything I have said.
Now, pay attention you might learn something. Your ignorance and insistence that the garbage opinions you put forth as being common sense are not anything but ignorance. You give conservatives a bad name. You should be striving to make sense, to use facts instead of fiction to express your ideology. How can anyone ever learn to respect you if you continue to post garbage?
Now, pay attention you might learn something. Your ignorance and insistence that the garbage opinions you put forth as being common sense are not anything but ignorance. You give conservatives a bad name. You should be striving to make sense, to use facts instead of fiction to express your ideology. How can anyone ever learn to respect you if you continue to post garbage?
USAalltheway · 31-35, M
So in other words you're a liberal.
Lol, is that really all you have? All you can say? Are you honestly that devoid of common sense? You claim to have common sense, and yet I have not seen you state anything that could possibly be called common sense.
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@CesareBorgia He just makes a lot of noise, like an empty can.
Half the time I don't think he's serious.
Half the time I don't think he's serious.
It's hard to tell if it's just ignorance, or if he's just another troll. You are right. It's almost as if he loves humiliating himself if I am being totally honest.
USAalltheway · 31-35, M
@CesareBorgia So if you don't agree with someone they're automatically ignorant or just another troll? I guess liberals aren't so tolerant after all.
You say that a lot, interesting that you cannot see how you do exactly what you accuse others of doing. Anyone that doesn't agree with you is a liberal, or an Ivy League Scholar, or someone educated. It's curious how you do not see your own hypocrisy.
Ignorance is a lack of information, lack of knowledge, of education. You are ignorant by your own words when you claim that you don't need to educate yourself, that you only need common sense.
Do you really not understand these things? I say you are ignorant because it's obvious you are, but I suspect you might also be mentally challenged as well, which is no laughing matter and I'm not inclined to point this out except that you have made it painfully clear that you are, and do not think so.
Ignorance is a lack of information, lack of knowledge, of education. You are ignorant by your own words when you claim that you don't need to educate yourself, that you only need common sense.
Do you really not understand these things? I say you are ignorant because it's obvious you are, but I suspect you might also be mentally challenged as well, which is no laughing matter and I'm not inclined to point this out except that you have made it painfully clear that you are, and do not think so.
USAalltheway · 31-35, M
@CesareBorgia So if you don't agree with someone they automatically do exactly what they accuse others of doing? I guess liberals aren't so tolerant after all.
I wouldn't know, but I do know you will say that over and over and over again, and yet back nothing you would put forth as real or true. No facts, just all fake news, fiction, etc. You do yourself and anyone else like you a disservice.
USAalltheway · 31-35, M
You're just saying that because you're a liberal.
Well, you can call me whatever you might like, if it makes you feel good then you go right ahead and call me a liberal, or conservative, or whatever else you might. I learned a long time ago that people who troll like you do have nothing important to say, will not respond to real questions or real information because all they really want to do is harm Society and our Nation by spreading fake, useless and incorrect information.