Private healthcare or subsidised healthcare?

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thread starter squaids Sep 09 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Recently California decided to sue PacifiCare for 9.9 billion $. The private healthcare company had been purposefully ignoring patients and paying doctors less so that they can profit more from people's healthcare. With countries that have free healthcare, there are no companies to profit from it as it's paid for by the tax payer for everyone. Pros and cons of each? Which would you prefer?

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panzer262 09/09/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I don't believe in Socialism.

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Mang 09/09/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Pros of subsidised: I can just walk into the emergency room if there's something wrong with me and not have to worry if I'm going to have to sell my house or get another job in able to afford it Cons: obviously the wait times, but really, they aren't even that bad.

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ckev 09/09/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] panzer262 : I don't believe in Socialism. [/quote] What would you like to see happen that would actually improve private health care? I myself am pretty fed up with private insurance companies (I've already had court battles with two very large companies that refused to do what I PAID them to do).

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squaids 09/09/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

He gotta be hatin' on socialism.

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