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The many ways Americans already pay for universal health care -- but don't have it.

What health care costs this country -- and who is paying for it and why.

29 comments    insurance health care medicare
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Universal Health Care

America is the only industrialized country in the world that does not provide its citizens with universal health care.

14 comments    health life family
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The Case for National Health Care in the United States

Some labor under the misapprehension that if the United States adopts a system of universal health care, then everyone will be forced to partake of it. This is not true. People with doctors and...

2 comments    health politics insurance
"Dr. Nincompoop"64

Dr. Nincompoop and the Emergency Room Fiasco!

"She took out the screws and adjusted the height of the crutches. She handed them to me and said "Here are your crutches". I looked at them. The top of the crutches, the part that goes under your armpits, was as high as my eyebrows. This is where I started becoming downright bellicose..."

6 comments    emergency room patient neglect
America: the land of the......55

Healthcare Debate-sharing is not Evil!

Why do we teach our children to share and take turns and be fair, if that's not the way we intend to run the real world. Isn't that hypocrisy? I'll tell you what man, it is a shock to grow up here in American...

0 comments    health children insurance
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Why are so Many Doctors Against Universal Healthcare?

Recently, some of my more liberal friends have asked me, “But you’re a doctor, why wouldn’t you want health care to be provided to everybody?” The average liberal cannot understand why the people who...

4 comments    public option
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Universal Healthcare: Sarah Palin Says Tort Reform Is What's Missing

"There can be no true health care reform without legal reform." - Sarah Palin On Friday, August 21st, Sarah Palin posted a lengthy comment on her Facebook page. Her latest complaint about the health care...

16 comments    health care reform tort reform
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The House Passes Universal Health Care

In a landmark decision, Nancy Pelosi and her team of Democrats passed the Health Care Reform bill by a close margin in the House. Th vote in the House of Representatives fanned out to be 220 votes for the...

2 comments    insurance health care americans
With a charming grin he said, "You won't lose your existing coverage"74

Why reform will cause you to lose your Health Insurance

With a charming grin he said, "You won't lose your existing coverage" I just jotted down a couple numbers regarding how the proposed health care reform legislation would affect people keeping their existing...

10 comments    health care reform payroll tax
Now is the time63

Medical Care must be Solved

I am retired and on Medicare. I also had supplemental Medical Insurance from my wife's employer up until June 30th. They could not afford it any longer, so I no longer have it . Neither will my wife...

2 comments    medicine health care
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