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| Yes | 72% | 825 votes | Total: 1146 votes | |
| No | 28% | 321 votes |
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by Paul Wallis
THE UNITED STATES MUST HAVE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE A society full of sick people is a sick society. Even if the diseases aren't contagious, their effects are. The United State...read more
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by Bryan Belrad
At this moment, there are approximately 49 million Americans who have absolutely no health insurance. That translates into about one in six people. Worse still, of those who...read more
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by Robin Luther
I always kept my family insured, because I felt it was my responsibility. When I was in the category known as "the working poor" I still carried a major medical policy that woul...read more
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We pay twice as much per American for health care than the average Western country pays. We pay far more for health care per American than any other country pays. Our life expec...read more
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by Paul Bovis
As an outsider I find it amazing that a country like America that can spend millions to get to the moon, cannot have a fully funded health system. I also find it amazing that a...read more
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by melias
Why Wouldn't We: Many in the United States are turned off by the idea of Universal Health Care, some due to the over saturation of media hype claiming it to be a path towards...read more
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by A.C.
Many Americans believe "universal" health care is a controversial idea. Some try to turn it into a right or left wing topic. Is it liberal to ask for health care for ALL America...read more
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We might just have our chance early in 2009 to make a real push to join the rest of the civilized world in providing universal health care here in the United States. We might wi...read more
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Universal health coverage should be the primary goal for the next administration. If it is not attempted soon we in America will find ourselves in a very unique situation, beca...read more
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Only because the working poor do not have true access to health care to begin with. We end up having one fifth to half of our paychecks going towards an insurance provider who ...read more
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Health insurance premiums in America, which over half of its citizens receive from their employers, have become a major source of anxiety. Prices that the nation must accept are...read more
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Two Cities, Two approaches: a Parable Once upon the time there were two cities. The towns of Marketplace and Common Good each had the same population of about 300,000. The...read more
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As the health care dilemma in the USA spirals more and more out of control, countless suggestions, both good and bad, have been put forth. The best of these suggestions is the i...read more
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Universal Health Care, as discussed by the politicians, is going to be a disaster. John Edwards and Hillary Clinton want to "mandate" that all people sign up with an existing i...read more
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A new approach to health care in America is essential. Nearly 50 million Americans don't have health insurance. Many millions more are under insured. Those who would benefit ...read more
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Sally and Jane were the same. They looked alike and grew up ten minutes from each other. They each moved away after high school. Sally and Jane both worked as waitresses. Both h...read more
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Health care and increased social benefits appear to be big issues in the Presidential elections of 2008. As an American who has spent a majority of my life in Canada, I'd like t...read more
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I believe that the United States should definitely have a universal health care system, and that it is surprising given that it is the richest country in the world that it doesn...read more
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Everyone should have equal access to health care in the USA. Will they? Probably not. Remember Bill Clinton? Well for his second platform for winning the Presidency, Bill wanted...read more
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Universal Healthcare: Can the United States Afford to do Without? For many years the United States' healthcare services have been surpassed by the nation's greatest ally, Great...read more
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Insurance works as follows: everyone in a plan pays premiums, which in turn pay the costs covered by the insurance company that are incurred by those under the plan. In health ...read more
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by Pat Gray
No, No No, and NO! I've lived in a land with a 'universal' (national) health care system and it didn't work, for a number of reasons: 1) Patients Abused the System When i...read more
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Though politicians can certainly make it sound appealing, there is a lot more to the realities of universal health care than I think most Americans are being told. If you do ...read more
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Many people are extremely quick to jump on the "free" health care bandwagon. The only thing that attracts these people is one word, "free". What these people fail to realize i...read more
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"A government large enough to give you all you want, is powerful enough to take all you have." - Thomas Jefferson The concept of Universal Health care has been a topic hotly ...read more
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A universal health system is good in theory but if you stand back and look at the big picture in a country with approximatley 303 million people would be a total catastrophic un...read more
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Nothing will be more expensive than nationalized healthcare. First of all, we have the greatest health care system in the world. We have the best doctors, technology, medicine...read more
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Every time I hear the term "universal health care" I recognize it as a euphemism for socialized medicine. Prompt access to good health care at no cost is what people think they...read more
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by NetJr
The answer of course is no to universal health care. Those who believe the answer is no have a responsibility to solve the "crisis" in health care. What is the crisis? The Un...read more
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Is it a dream come true for the U.S.? Or is it a nightmare of escalating taxes placed upon an already burdened economy? Universal health care sounds good and looks good at fi...read more
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Healthcare reform will be a major issue in the 2008 elections. Both Democratic presidential candidates have proposed major government programs to subsidize health insurance pre...read more
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by Ron Gaydos
Universal health care is a pie-in-the-sky solution for many reasons. People complain now that their insurance company has denied this or that claim. What do you think will happe...read more
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by sevens
Anything prefaced with the word "universal" is usually impractical and pragmatic. Although the word seems to warm your cockles, you can be assured that it certainly can be conne...read more
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by Chase Barney
The mere idea of the Unites States having universal health care is both ridiculous and immoral. Ridiculous that anyone would think that government provided health care would act...read more
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by Chris Kling
Why are we arguing about "Universal Health Care"? We are arguing about "Universal Health Care" because "health care" is one of many products and services available on the op...read more
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by RJ Edwards
First off Health Care is not a "Right". A "Right" to healthcare is not guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution Bill of Rights guarantees such thi...read more
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by David Catron
The United States should not have a universal health care system for everyone. While yes we do pay more for health care then other industrialized nations we also get treatment f...read more
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The discussion of universal health care has a long, long history that goes back centuries. It isn't new. There were people in the slums of London and Paris who set up free clini...read more
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by Keith Neely
As more and more Americans continually find themselves without appropriate health insurance, more and more people pose the ever sickening question, "Should the United States hav...read more
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The United States has had the best health care out of any country in the world to date. Why in the world do people want to change it to universal health care, we don't gain anyt...read more
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