Would you support universal health care in the U.S. (as professed in Michael Moore's 'Sicko')?
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 26, 2008 - 12:05am.
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As professed in Michael Moore’s “Sicko,” would you support universal health care in the U.S.?
What is this? How would this work? Said simply, you’d pay for health care in your taxes (instead of directly to your health insurer). Everyone would get care (including the millions of Americans who currently don’t and the many who die because of it).
You would be giving the U.S. government control, yes, but the system works in almost every other country in the world. Instead of going to the doctor or hospital and getting a bill, everything would be free and simple and no one would be denied coverage.
This is from Wikipedia:
Universal health care is provided in most developed countries and in many developing countries. The United States is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not provide universal health care.
Current estimates put U.S. health care spending at approximately 15% of GDP, the highest in the world.
Despite this, only an estimated 84.2% of citizens have some form of health insurance coverage, either through their employer, purchased individually, or through government sources. The number of uninsured increased from 44.8 million to 47.0 million from 2005 to 2006.
Physicians for a National Health Program is a start. It’s a non-profit organization of 14,000 physicians, medical students and health professionals who support single-payer national health insurance.
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