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| Yes | 52% | 241 votes | Total: 465 votes | |
| No | 48% | 224 votes |
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Government should definitely pay for all medical care all reasonable medical care, that is. (Certainly cosmetic surgery and other optionals should be excluded.) A healthy socie...read more
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by Sean Curtis
The time has come for universal, government-sponsored healthcare that provides equal treatment for every single person, man, woman, and child living in the United States. As a c...read more
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A healthy body is the right of every person in this country. I am limiting my view to those in this country because we are the only first world nation in the history of the wor...read more
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The government should absolutely pay for medical care. If it did, the after-effects would be surprising: 1) Less fraud. Medical fraud is one of the biggest forms of fraud in...read more
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by Janie Steel
Many United States citizens are living life without a safety net because they cannot afford the cost of health insurance. Injuries go untreated while people live in pain. Diseas...read more
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Maybe the government doesn't need to pay for ALL medical care, but it definitely should cover most of it. It's a real shame that this doesn't exist in the USA and I don't really...read more
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Socialized Medicine If Socialized Medicine is what you are talking about, I think it is a good idea. People are dying here in the USA ,because they cannot afford medical ins...read more
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Medical care is no different to the need of roads or of public schools.. how can people talk about health as if it is a "Market". Health is far from that. It is a nationwide nee...read more
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by Rachel M.
Should government pay for all medical care? The first thought that came to my mind, I can't put those words in any article. Yes, they should be paying for medical care. Whil...read more
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How could you say "No"? I live in Canada and one of the things I am greatful for each and every day is free health care. It is an immense relief to know that if a car jumps ...read more
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Are you a pro-life Conservative who is against government single payer health care? Well, which position do you want to pick, pro-life, or against government health care? The tw...read more
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Many countries do have universal health care where all citizens of that country are entitled to free medical care. However, it is important to note that many of these countries...read more
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Government regulation and giving of free health care would have costs, but it would also drive down costs. If the government helped with schooling of these professional and the...read more
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by Kathy Jolly
As a nurse that can not afford health-care for myself, yes I believe that a national health-care system should be implemented. It is a sad commentary on our state of affairs whe...read more
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by Lester Nixon
Yes I believe government should pay for all heath care! i also believe a doctor and his or her patient should maintain control of their health care choices and their general ...read more
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by Saurabh Pal
My answer is a yes. Yes, because I believe the government should provide a minimum level of healthcare service to all its citizen. Thereafter, it is left to the citizen to decid...read more
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by Midwest Mike
Yes, but let's be clear ... We fund the government through our taxes, so the real question is, "Should everybody pay for everybody's medical care?" And I still say yes. Of co...read more
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According to the World Health Organization, The United States health care system is ranked thirty-seventh in the world, although it is first in health care spending per capita. ...read more
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Yes, government should pay for ALL medical care because, they are always giving themselves a "High Pay" raise towards their pay cheques! The government is always taking away som...read more
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by TruXter
I believe that the medical system is far from what we see it to be. People put trust and faith into Doctors as if this was days of over 300 years ago. Back in times when only pr...read more
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No, the government should not pay for all medical care for every person in a nation. They certainly should ensure that everybody has access to essential and good quality health...read more
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No. Governments should not pay for all medical care. Medical care is very expensive, complicated, and highly regulated. Governments should focus on the regulations of medical...read more
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Fortunately, Americans don't have to speculate about what a government-run health care system looks like. All we have to do is observe our neighbor to the north, Canada, which ...read more
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by V. Kumar
Payment by government is also ultimately borne by people. Medical care financing is too complex to suggest such simple solutions. Payment by Government means payment by the t...read more
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by Lisa Doherty
Did someone die and leave my government millions and billions of dollars that I never knew existed? No? Well, we may have a problem with how the government will pay for all this...read more
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by DG Brown
The first thing in this debate that needs to be addressed is the fact that government doesn't pay for anything. Taxpayers pay for everything that government does or mandates. ...read more
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When I first considered this, my initial reaction was, 'yes they should.' Then I paused to think it through, and the issue became less clear cut. No citizen should expect to pay...read more
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In this day and age we have gone beyond the governments taking total responsibility for its citizens. Yes a government should ensure that every person regardless of age, race, g...read more
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No, the government should not pay for all health care. Think about it logically, the government gets its money from where? Taxes. Who pays taxes? We do. So if the government ...read more
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by NetJr
There is not a person in America that doesn't want the best medical care when they need it. It is one thing we all want the best possible source of when its need arises. We th...read more
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Here we are debating the same issue worded differently. Government paid medical care is the same as Universal health care, and it will not work. Who said the government owed a...read more
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Let's Just Roll Over and Take It Going from a democracy to communism in 1 little step Government-run anything is a bad idea, just think about it for a moment; you are ill, v...read more
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Over in England we have a National Health Service which up until around 10 years ago was a very good service. Unfortunately, it has had to cope with the ever increasing populat...read more
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It is not the government's role to pay for medical care. Many people think that the government paying for all medical care is a good idea, saying that everyone has the right to ...read more
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by Brent Milne
No, Governments shouldn't pay for all medical care, but they should pay for all basic requirements for all citizens. No civilized country should be denying their most vulnera...read more
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People need to be responsible for themselves. There is a time in our lives when every need we have is catered to without question... when we are infants. Personally, I don't l...read more
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by Paul Barron
Socialized medicine is not all it is cracked up to be. If you talk to some people from Canada they will tell you that they do have access to medical care but the quality medica...read more
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The government should not only not pay for all medical care, it shouldn't pay for any medical care. The government has drastically interfered in the health care industry, which...read more
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by kim chi
Nothing is free in this world and will never be. Not forgetting the main income of the government comes from taxes. For the government to be able to pay for all medical care si...read more
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by Rafael Lopez
The idea that government has to provide health care for people is just plain crazy. Can you imagine how many people in this country are abusing their bodies? The abuse of alcoho...read more
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