Health Care Legislation to cost $1 trillion

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 06-12-2009, 08:01 PM

Health care in my country has gone down the toilet. People that can't afford private care have to wait 1-2 years to get operations because the government won't put proper amounts of money into increasing the quality and quantity of staff in hospitals. The big CEO's sit around with their huge paychecks and don't allocate money how it should be allocated.

LoathsomePete · 06-12-2009, 08:07 PM

It's very similar in Canada, long waiting lists if you need something more serious, however at the same time it does have it's advantages. Last year when I had a fractured foot, I had about a dozen x-rays taken over the three month period and they didn't cost me one penny upfront. My mom who was living in The United States at the same time had bronchitis and had to get her chest x-rayed and I believe it cost her about 200 dollars or so. That said socialized medicine is not without it's problems. Canada struggles with theirs and they've got a population of 30 million, where as the United States has 300 million. That's a fair more amount of people who will need medical help. I think whether you like it or not, health care will become socialized within the next five years in America, I just hope that when it does, it doesn't follow suit with places like Canada and New Zealand with large waiting lists and sub par hospital conditions.

Astronomer · 06-16-2009, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

Health care in my country has gone down the toilet. People that can't afford private care have to wait 1-2 years to get operations because the government won't put proper amounts of money into increasing the quality and quantity of staff in hospitals. The big CEO's sit around with their huge paychecks and don't allocate money how it should be allocated.

That sucks. Healthcare in Australia is really good IMO. I have very low level cover health insurance (because I'm only 21 and poor) and at the beginning of this year I got my tonsils out and it didn't cost me a cent. Very short waiting list also. Then after the surgery there was a complication and I had to go back to hospital for 2 weeks and that didn't cost me a cent either. All I had to pay was $10.40 for some medication to go home with. Lots of doctors here bulk bill and they are just as good as any other private doctor.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 06-17-2009, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by shiseido red

That sucks. Healthcare in Australia is really good IMO. I have very low level cover health insurance (because I'm only 21 and poor) and at the beginning of this year I got my tonsils out and it didn't cost me a cent. Very short waiting list also. Then after the surgery there was a complication and I had to go back to hospital for 2 weeks and that didn't cost me a cent either. All I had to pay was $10.40 for some medication to go home with. Lots of doctors here bulk bill and they are just as good as any other private doctor.

You have health insurance? Lucky. I had to get several letters written to the public dental school to take my wisdom teeth out without a year long waiting list because it cost $600 to get them out rather than $2000+ private. You've really got to have money to look after yourself in this country.

Astronomer · 06-17-2009, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

You have health insurance? Lucky. I had to get several letters written to the public dental school to take my wisdom teeth out without a year long waiting list because it cost $600 to get them out rather than $2000+ private. You've really got to have money to look after yourself in this country.

That's sucks

I got insurance because I wear contact lenses and have to buy new ones every 6 months or so, and also because I knew I'd be having my tonsils out eventually. It only costs me $80 a month... which is cheaper than gym membership. And it's paid off with the amount of medical shit I've had done in the past year! Would have costed me thousands if I didn't have insurance.

06-12-2009, 08:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
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06-12-2009, 08:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	It's very similar in Canada, long waiting lists if you need something more serious, however at the same time it does have it's advantages. Last year when I had a fractured foot, I had about a dozen x-rays taken over the three month period and they didn't cost me one penny upfront. My mom who was living in The United States at the same time had bronchitis and had to get her chest x-rayed and I believe it cost her about 200 dollars or so. That said socialized medicine is not without it's problems. Canada struggles with theirs and they've got a population of 30 million, where as the United States has 300 million. That's a fair more amount of people who will need medical help. I think whether you like it or not, health care will become socialized within the next five years in America, I just hope that when it does, it doesn't follow suit with places like Canada and New Zealand with large waiting lists and sub par hospital conditions. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too