With 45,000,000 Americans who cannot afford healthcare how can you not be for some sort of national healthcare. I know that everyone is out for themselves nowadays but years ago we used to look out for our neighbors as well as our own. Think about this, how many of these companies are offsetting there costs by forcing drivers to pay well over $100.00 a week for family health ins. Trucking used to be a good middle class job where a man could make enough money to feed his family and afford ins. for his family and even have a couple of bucks left over at the end of the week to put into the bank.

There used to be a lot of jobs like that. At one time, there were also "COST OF LIVING RAISES". I can't honestly say I know anyone that's seen one of them in the last 10 to 12 years. Jobs that did once pay family expenses don't do so any longer. Why do you suppose we're looking at a "third round of foreclosures"?

And, as to the nice fat fees the doctors charge... I have a cousin that is a doctor. Never been sued, and ho hint of that ever happening. Yes, he is a very good doctor and does know his stuff. Spends a lot of time reading and keeping up with new developements. About 8 years ago, he was paying $1.25 million a year for mal-practice insurance. They may be driving around in nice fancy cars, but they also do have some pretty high costs as well. So, it comes right back to insurance companies, and the courts and lawyers.

New Zealand is a country with socialized medicine. But, you can also get an inexpensive "supplimental" insurance and I understand it gives you slightly better care. Still costs you less than we're paying.

Figure out a way to pay for it, and I'll be all for it. Until then, it's just a pipe dream, and a campaign platform that will get beaten to death just like the Social Security "lockbox" did back in 2000.

They needed some "REALISTIC PROPOSALS" for that one. Of course, the same goes for health care. The more rediculous the proposals, the more OUT OF TOUCH they are with the American People.

Not to mention the mal-practice premiums, tort reform already get these s>bag ambulance chasing lawyers with frivilous lawsuits under control.

LHSC became the first hospital in North America to use a robotic-arm neuron-angiogram machine in an operating room.

LHSC is the first in North America to implant an insertable cardiac monitor that offers long-term and continuous monitoring for atrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac arrhythmia.

LHSC performs the world’s first robotically-assisted intestinal bypass surgery for a patient with superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome, also known as Wilkie’s syndrome, using the da Vinci® robot.

World’s first robotic-assisted left atrial appendage ligation to reduce the chance of clot formation and stroke in high risk patients with atrial fibrillation is performed at LHSC.

LHSC’s Pulmonary surgery team performed the world’s first robotic-assisted lung volume reduction using Computer Motion’s AESOP® robotic arm.

Medical Breakthroughs

Screw those socialist commie bastards.My great grandpa came over here for a better life not to have the same gov he escaped from

I could maybe see some kind of program that is more local. Maybe at the state level. We have states running Unemployment Insurance already so maybe some states could try their own single payer State program.


I will never support a national program though. I feel that anything the Federal Government touches only seems to become a bloated bureacracy that only creates more wasteful spending. Also many people cringe and the idea of Central Planning and I feel the same way about that to. What appeals to me about all the states trying it on their own is leading to a variety ideas being tried instead of one guy surrounded by his yes-men in D.C.

Yeah but when did they come up with something REALLY important?

A big NAY!!! Any time the feds get in something the cost doubles or triples, free my azz! Just where do you think the money is coming from? Have you ever gone to a VA clinic? If so you know what kind of care were in for.

If your against government health care you need to call/write and visit your rep's ASAP and tell them NO!