Golfing Eagles, I appreciate the negative information you have presented on the ACA and it's management by our mega insurance companies.
As I understand it, the US is one of the few developed nations that does not have a single payer system. Are they all wrong? I worked in the bay area with RNs from Canada who would not get US citizenship because they do not want to give up their excellent medial insurance in Canada. Why would that be?
While traveling in Australia, the people we met were all very happy with their universal health care.
No "death committees" in either country. Health care is considered a right in those countries as well as in the many other developed countries who rank above us in quality and outcomes.
I don't understand how that works. If universal health care is such a bad idea, why has it been so successful and well received in so many other nations? And why have we consistently ranked so low in outcomes?
Costs have increased dramatically during my years working as a RN, the pay....not so much. The Hospital corporations are flush with cash, HCA for example, (Governor Rick Scott's former "ATM card") where I worked for the last 10 years has made record profits year after year. Their hospitals are 12 of the top 25 in profits year after year.
Some one is making a lot of $$ on the back of the health care industry, it's healthcare providers, and patients alike.
Please enlighten me? No sarcasm intended. I really want to hear your reasoning for the situation here compared to the other 1st world countries.
I do enjoy your posts and respect your opinions.
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