Socialized Medicine - Let's Discuss!

[MrSparkle001]

Originally Posted by Lune [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm talking about the concept of socialized medicine, aka universal healthcare, not the perverse cartel that is US healthcare and Obamacare. Being forced to buy into insurance middlemen who pull the strings of our political representatives is one of the most disgusting things I've ever witnessed, and it's no way to handle healthcare. I'd even prefer completely free market healthcare over what we have.

So to answer your question, insurance companies should not be involved at all. It's a completely parasitic industry.

The concept of socialized medicine is wonderful. Free, quality healthcare for all? That's utopian.

But who would pay for it, how would you convince doctors to accept lower pay, and how would you convince prospective medical school students to spend all that money to go to medical school knowing they won't make enough money to pay back their loans?

Healthcare is big business and some of these doctors are making an absolute fortune. I'm not talking the small-town community doctor, I'm talking the specialists at NYU and such.

If the US converts to a single payer system doctors will leave the practice and others will be discouraged from pursuing the field at all. Money is a big driving force behind it, not necessarily the desire to help and heal their fellow man. Sad but true.

But yes in an ideal world not driven by greed universal healthcare is wonderful.

Oh and that ideal world does not include generations on welfare who expect government handouts. In an ideal world everyone would contribute and not just through sales tax on minor purchases.