The country is pretty screwed up. There are actually some good doctors out there. You usually have to pay cash to get the best treatment. Insurance companies only cover certain things. Mercury poisoning is not on the radar with insurance companies for instance.

It only costs $300.00 or so to set a broken leg or arm. The health insurance you need to cover accidents like that costs quite a bit more.

I think the idea of socialized medicine is just another way for the govt to get at more of your money and then later they'll say, gee whiz, where did it go?

Kind of like the way they save your money for you with social security, Just think of the bank acct you could have if you weren't forced to give it to the govt to 'take care of you'. You'd have quite abit more... you could invest it all sorts of different ways and access it if you had an emergency in the meantime. you could name your kid as a benefactor if you die before you get it. If you die before you get social security and your kids are adults already, it's just money lost. Chances are excellent you will never receieve as much back as you paid in for 45 years or so. Imagine the interest that would accumulate in a CD or something. You could retire just on the interest payments. The system is really screwed up.

I think socialized care ideas, scoial security, the whole bit, they are very outmoded ideas. written way back years ago, the new deal... it isn't a deal anymore. i know my grandparents thought social security was great. of course they didn't have to pay it for the first 20 or 30 working years of their lives. It was a great deal for them. For me it's just thousands less each year that i have to take care of myself either today or later.

Socialized medicine is the same thing. Anyone who thinks it would be free is bonkers. nothing is free, especially if it comes from the govt. remember $900.00 hammers?