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Poll Question: Do you support universal healthcare?
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I think there should be a health service lucky dip.  So when you enter the hospital you get a raffle ticket and if the doctor draws your number out of a hat then you get a free operation- otherwise tough.

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So if you were to break a limb or say, heaven forbid, get run over by a steamroller you'd be able to pay for that out of pocket? 

What's the student medical fee that you pay if you don't mind?


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Sort of . . . People who can't afford it should get it for free and the rich should pay for it if they need it. I think it's horribly wrong that I as a student have to pay an annual fee for my healthcare even though I never go to the doctor.
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Originally posted by King By-Tor King By-Tor wrote:

no, only the upper-middle class and upper class deserve treatment because anyone who can't afford it doesn't deserve to live.
Assuming that was a joke...  LOL  Although I would modify it a bit and say that maybe there should be an IQ test prior to getting healthcare.  Time to chlorinate the gene pool.  Wink
 
Seriously, I voted yes.  I think healthcare is a basic human right that everyone is entitled to.  While I agree that there are some who abuse the system by running to a doctor for every sniffle, perhaps there could be an "idiot" surcharge for those people.  If you go to the doctor for something serious, you're covered.  If you go to the doctor for a cold you're charged, whether you have private health insurance or not. 
 
Further, I believe that mental health should be covered as well.  For the person who says many people with mental health problems do nothing to help themselves and therefore should be denied coverage, let me ask, should we deny coverage to those who have heart attacks because they are overweight?  How about denying coverage to those with lung cancer or skin cancer because they brought it on themselves?  Or the person who breaks his leg during a skiing accident? 
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I'm starting to find a middle ground.  I think catastrophic care should be provided, so that no one faces financial ruin over an illness.  But I think regular visits and tests under a certain yearly cap need to be paid for by the consumer, with more competition involved.  Some people do abuse health care by running to the Doc for every little sniffle, and these folks should either buy a private plan or pay. 

But I do support families not losing their home and life savings because  mom or dad get some deadly disease.  
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Originally posted by King By-Tor King By-Tor wrote:

no, only the upper-middle class and upper class deserve treatment because anyone who can't afford it doesn't deserve to live.


If Courtesy Flush (gotta love that handle) means physical health then YES
If he means mental health then NO as some of the the sufferers clearly choose not to help themselves.
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no, only the upper-middle class and upper class deserve treatment because anyone who can't afford it doesn't deserve to live.
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