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ODF
March 28th, 2008, 02:33 AM
Canada = yes.

Ps : I hope my title is making sens, I'm not an English speaking person.

jpittack
March 28th, 2008, 02:35 AM
America = no

Prefix100
March 28th, 2008, 02:36 AM
United Kingdom = Yes

hhhhhx
March 28th, 2008, 02:37 AM
i wish

who here has seen sicko?

sajro
March 28th, 2008, 03:03 AM
America = no

We should. I like socialised medicine but I also think private practise should be allowed, as Germany does. Canada has a good implementation of socialised medicine but because they can't pay to get faster results, many people die of preventable diseases because of the congestion and backlog for doctors. In Germany, you could take a minor thing like a broken limb to the free doctor, but if you need an MRI, you can pay a private doctor to get one faster and see what's wrong.

One of the biggest advantages of socialised medicine, IMO, is that the people who become doctors do it out of personal interest rather than [strictly] monetary incentive. While it is true that many doctors in countries like the US do it for the people, one cannot expect me to believe that there are not others who care only for the money.

aktiwers
March 28th, 2008, 03:06 AM
Denmark = Yes

Joeb454
March 28th, 2008, 03:06 AM
I like the free health service here in the UK, partly because you can pay to go private and get seen faster if you wish.

I'll be the first to admit the NHS needs HUGE HUGE amounts of investment, but still...I'd prefer not to have my life saved, and then get a bill for it afterwards, that would quite possibly be the last thing on my list of needs ;)

Pethegreat
March 28th, 2008, 03:12 AM
Nothing is free. It is included in the cost. In canada the money for healthcare comes out of your taxes.

You would have to pay for doctors schooling if a national health plan is created. You can't expect these people to work for much less concidering they have a debt load of well over $100,000 when they are done with medical school.

I think a deduction from taxable income for health insurace should be offered to any couple making under a specific ammount per year.



Ps : I hope my title is making sens, I'm not an English speaking person.
Aside from the "has" it is fine. "Has" should be "Have"

Riffer
March 28th, 2008, 03:13 AM
Ummm Canada strickly speaking hasn't "FREE" health. We all pay an insurance premium for health. This is pro rated to your ability to pay up to a standard amount. This is called universal health care.

You could call it free in that nobody is turned away from emergancy care.

Whiffle
March 28th, 2008, 03:14 AM
Define free...

ODF
March 28th, 2008, 03:16 AM
Canada has a good implementation of socialised medicine but because they can't pay to get faster results,

Not true as we speak now, In Québec I can say we have officially both now.


Aside from the "has" it is fine. "Has" should be "Have"

I knew it ! =( I like this forum it practice my English =)

michaelzap
March 28th, 2008, 03:16 AM
México = Yes

There are a couple of levels of government health services here (depending upon whether you have a gov't job or one that pays benefits into the system), but the bottom line is that everyone can get free health care of one sort or another.

It's not perfect by any means, but I've been poor and sick in the states and it's definitely better than that!

sunexplodes
March 28th, 2008, 03:16 AM
Ummm Canada strickly speaking hasn't "FREE" health. We all pay an insurance premium for health. This is pro rated to your ability to pay up to a standard amount. This is called universal health care.

You could call it free in that nobody is turned away from emergancy care.

That actually varies province-to-province. For instance, BC has a system of tiered fees, whereas in Ontario it's flat and free for everyone.

ruibernardo
March 28th, 2008, 03:16 AM
Portugal = yes

ODF
March 28th, 2008, 03:20 AM
Define free...

Well, free as :


You could call it free in that nobody is turned away from emergancy care.

Whiffle
March 28th, 2008, 03:24 AM
Well, free as :

Then in the U.S., yes, its free. Federal law mandates it regardless of ability to pay

http://www.insure.com/articles/healthinsurance/emergency-rights.html

ODF
March 28th, 2008, 03:27 AM
Then in the U.S., yes, its free. Federal law mandates it regardless of ability to pay

http://www.insure.com/articles/healthinsurance/emergency-rights.html

Well, here it's for everyone. That's the important difference.

You're sick, you get medical services. That's it.

Joeb454
March 28th, 2008, 03:29 AM
Free to me means that you may have to pay for some of it through taxes etc. But not get charged for it after you've used the service.

Which is why I class the UK as "free" healthcare

aktiwers
March 28th, 2008, 04:10 AM
Free as in:

Everybody pay a small extra % of there income in Tax and everybody gets same treatment, same quality and no one gets rejected.

Even though you are poor, don't have a job or are too sick to work.

For me, now when I'm a poor student, this is great!
And when I become a rich rich $$ signs out my eyes success, its still great!

thisllub
March 28th, 2008, 04:37 AM
Australia = Yes.

kevdog
March 28th, 2008, 04:55 AM
US = Yes

Visit Cook County Hospital -- see if you ever get a bill?? And if you don't believe me -- try it yourself -- you won't.

lisati
March 28th, 2008, 05:01 AM
NZ = yes, with differing levels of subsidies available according to whether you hold a beast known as a "community services card"

Saint Angeles
March 28th, 2008, 06:08 AM
Then in the U.S., yes, its free. Federal law mandates it regardless of ability to pay

http://www.insure.com/articles/healthinsurance/emergency-rights.html
yeah right!! federal law means nothing!

what they do is they make you wait as long as it takes you to give up.

my gf and I went in cuz my girl was experiencing severe abdominal pain (after a miscarriage)...

after waiting about 13 hours (being shuffled around to 2 hospitals) we had to give up.

and they still charged us... for a doctor to poke her and send us somewhere else!!

america... the land of the expensive!

tubasoldier
March 28th, 2008, 07:03 AM
Could you honestly imagine it in the US? You are advocating giving the most corrupt, mismanaging, money wasting, unorganized organization on the face of the earth control of your health care. If you think the US insurace companies are bad just wait until you give it to the government.

I would rather not experience the DMV type waiting at the hospital.