Pres. Administration Intentionally Lied

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Originally Posted by joeydb

So are you assuming the taxes would be the same? "Single payer" will be even higher in tax burden - high enough that your premiums + current taxes will seem low by comparison.

Socialized medicine sucks. Long lines, inadequate care and much higher mortality rates. An Orwellian nightmare in the truest sense. The total politicization of health care. And again, the supply will be less even as the demand goes up.

how would it be higher? for starters, no need to turn a profit. no need to make shareholders happy. it wouldn't be a business, it would be a service.
if we're no healthier with the 'greatest care in the world' and the highest price, how would we get a higher mortality rate?
medical costs here have been astronomical for years, because those of us with insurance have been paying through the nose, both in premium and in bills, to cover those without.


as for mortality rates--do you think the u.s. enjoys the highest life expectancy with this 'great care'? because guess what-we don't. we are currently ranked 33rd in the world. all that cost, all this advanced medicine...and we're 33rd, tied with our ally BAHRAIN. also with costa rica, chile and denmark. south korea and kuwait have a better rate...oh, and check out the others ahead of us. how many of them have 'socialized' medicine?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ife_expectancy

infant mortality--we rank 34th behind even cuba!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...mortality_rate


now, tell me again how we have the best care in the world?