Come and Get it! Free Healt Care for All!

BrianR · 08-19-2007, 03:04 PM

I think that the whole idea of a NHS in America is going to fail because we here have a huge sense of entitlement and there is no system anywhere here that "gives away" anything that isn't fraught with abuse.

Make heath care "free" and everyone will flood doctor's offices with the slightest complaint.

The only way I can see this happen is to nationalise the entire health care system. Make all doctors employees of the government. Set salaries for them. Provide government malpractice insurance as a perk. Regulate care standards. Make all pharmacies (and pharmacists (chemists to the Brits)) part of the new system so that payments can be controlled and tracked. Controls and limits set by beaurocrats. Fiefdoms and political power can be set by congressional decree.

I just don't see this happening. Not yet anyway.

Happy Monkey · 08-19-2007, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by BrianR

Make heath care "free" and everyone will flood doctor's offices with the slightest complaint.

Oh, yeah. I love going to the doctor's.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-19-2007, 06:50 PM

You aren't the problem, it's the same people that just love to chat with telephone solicitors that will jam the Doctors office on a regular basis.

9th Engineer · 08-19-2007, 08:25 PM

There are lots of people who love to go to the doctor's. It's the attention, for some people it's the only time anyone gives a damn about whether they live or die, so they crave it. Imagine, you work your 8 hour shift in basically the same shitty little dead end job you've had for the last 20 years. You know you have no chance for advancement because you don't have the skills to move up the ladder, and you know that others also know this. The most exciting thing in your life is the occasional gathering of people in your neighborhood around a little grill while you ponder the fact that you'll be doing this until you experience the joy of moving into a retirement house. Then one day you enter a magical realm where people, very knowledgeable, powerful people, spend all their time talking with you and paying attention to how you're feeling. They care about how you're doing and express sympathy for your pain,when you haven't been getting these attentions from other people in your life.

Shallow, self absorbed, whiny, bossy, or even just stupid people start indulging themselves even when nothing is really wrong.

There are also people who honestly think that every little bump, scrape, and ache they experience deserves the attention of an M.D, but I'm lumping these people in under 'all of the above'.

I spent this summer interning in an ER, I've seen the type.

bluecuracao · 08-19-2007, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by BrianR

Make heath care "free" and everyone will flood doctor's offices with the slightest complaint.

There are lots of people who already have 'free' health care from the government in some form, or from their employer...I wonder how many of them do that.

edit: oh--missed 9th's post.

08-19-2007, 03:04 PM	#1
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	I think that the whole idea of a NHS in America is going to fail because we here have a huge sense of entitlement and there is no system anywhere here that "gives away" anything that isn't fraught with abuse. Make heath care "free" and everyone will flood doctor's offices with the slightest complaint. The only way I can see this happen is to nationalise the entire health care system. Make all doctors employees of the government. Set salaries for them. Provide government malpractice insurance as a perk. Regulate care standards. Make all pharmacies (and pharmacists (chemists to the Brits)) part of the new system so that payments can be controlled and tracked. Controls and limits set by beaurocrats. Fiefdoms and political power can be set by congressional decree. I just don't see this happening. Not yet anyway. __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

08-19-2007, 06:50 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You aren't the problem, it's the same people that just love to chat with telephone solicitors that will jam the Doctors office on a regular basis. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-19-2007, 08:25 PM	#4
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	There are lots of people who love to go to the doctor's. It's the attention, for some people it's the only time anyone gives a damn about whether they live or die, so they crave it. Imagine, you work your 8 hour shift in basically the same shitty little dead end job you've had for the last 20 years. You know you have no chance for advancement because you don't have the skills to move up the ladder, and you know that others also know this. The most exciting thing in your life is the occasional gathering of people in your neighborhood around a little grill while you ponder the fact that you'll be doing this until you experience the joy of moving into a retirement house. Then one day you enter a magical realm where people, very knowledgeable, powerful people, spend all their time talking with you and paying attention to how you're feeling. They care about how you're doing and express sympathy for your pain,when you haven't been getting these attentions from other people in your life. Shallow, self absorbed, whiny, bossy, or even just stupid people start indulging themselves even when nothing is really wrong. There are also people who honestly think that every little bump, scrape, and ache they experience deserves the attention of an M.D, but I'm lumping these people in under 'all of the above'. I spent this summer interning in an ER, I've seen the type. __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity. Last edited by 9th Engineer; 08-19-2007 at 08:30 PM. Reason: spelling error

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