First off, I'm loving this discussion. I'm what you would call a beginner in politics and this is a lot easier for me to understand and get other's points of views. So thank you.
Point taken, no longer will I refer to it as free, but nationalized.
From what I gather, nationalized health care isn't perfect, as Charlatan mentioned. However, are the negatives bad enough to make the US health care a better choice?
My grandmother has been going to the doctor for years because she falls a lot. The doctor said it was age, bad knees, etc. Come to find out this past weekend, the falls were because her heart would stop beating. Her local hospital never ran any tests to see how healthy her heart is even though she is overweight and has blood pressure issues. She found out while out of town because she had fallen at a baseball game. My point being, there are going to be incompetent doctors everywhere.
The downfall I see though is the waiting list for non-life threatening issues. I'm not sure if that happens here, as long as you have insurance. I had heard that not all services were free and now it was confirmed through personal experience. How does that affect people financially? What is the optional insurance like?
Will, California is definitely a forward thinking state. I would expect them to try to pass a health care policy. This would be very exciting as it could be used for a framework. I'll be interested in looking up more information on this.
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Spindles, feel free to check facts while posting. That is a benefit of this pub. You can research some things and then add it into your thoughts if you wish. I just don't want to have a read-aloud while drinking my ale.
