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Quote from: Rampton on April 20, 2014, 02:10:39 PM

A lot of Americans just don't seem to want free healthcare and/or like to blame Obama for everything.

The problem is that the healthcare is not free. And the tax payers are paying a huge price for it. Compare the Romneycare to the Obamacare and you'll see how better it was.

Quote from: Rampton on April 20, 2014, 01:47:22 PM

Well most countries are in debt. Is China in zero debt?

Even better. Think.

Taxpayers pay for police and army too. Why do people seem to be ok with that but not healthcare?

Americans seem to think socialism is evil. It's better and cheaper when everyone puts in and society benefits.

Not necessarily.
Can you tell your different driving habits on rented car vs driving your own car?
Can you tell difference on public bathroom usage vs your owns?
What about electricity usage of hotel room vs usage of your own house, specially A/C unit?
There are lots waste of resources on free/ low fee healthcare system. And we are ending up paying more than we have to. For low income person, this may not be noticeable. But for middle class and rich, it hurts a lot. Plus, overall quality of healthcare will degraded. *Unless* we, American, change our mindset, and the way of our lives. But I don't see it happening any time soon.

Countries with socialized medicine/healthcare tend to 1)Have better healthcare and 2)Have relatively more efficient healthcare as there are not so many legal expenses and paper pushing by insurance companies