Like I said, not 100% on this, but the article says that those figures were a goof and the actual tax credit was $110 and that the original subsidy she thought she would be getting ($452/month) was a mistake. Either I missed something or I'm just misunderstanding it. Sorry.
Christ man, at least tell me why you are so confident instead of trying to weasel my words into something I didn't say. The bolded part is mine and notice, it has nothing to do with stupidity.
You are stating you believe government is incapable of running the simplest of things, yet some how government runs all sorts of shit that you would flip the fuck out if they were to suddenly vanish. Your comment was fucking stupid, accept it and move on.
They are capable, there is a lot of things we are capable of doing that we simply do not for one reason or another, being incapable is not one of those reasons. One of many problems that tends to happen is you have people who think government is incapable of doing anything, with direct evidence to the contrary staring them in the face at every turn. Then when you point out the stupidity in what they said they try to turn to well they can't do it without any inefficiency and that there will be people who will exploit it, so why bother!
Smaller countries with less people. Also those systems come with their own problems. But I agree. We should just jump all the way in instead of trying to soak our pinky toe like we are doing with this shitty system we have.
See, here's where your argument falls down. They don't. Of all the countries that use single payer, only one has a health care system that can be considered anywhere near as good as ours, and that country is significantly smaller. Canada and England are horror stories we've been trying to warn you about for 6 years now.
LOL why the hate? I admitted to being a paper salesman for fuck sake, not exactly the coolest thing I've ever done with my life.
The better question would be why should the government be responsible for the health care of its population? I'm all for the greater good and yadda yadda but I just don't know how that became the government's role?
How exactly is Canada's health care system a horror story? Sure, we've get our issues here and there, but overall our healthcare outcomes beat the living shit out of the US's in every imaginable way, and we spend about the same amount on our ENTIRE healthcare system as the US spends on Medicare, as far as I understand it. And it's not even Federally administered! Each province does more or less what it wants. States rights!
Timely access to specialist care in non-life threatening situations can sometimes leave something to be desired in our system. But it's not nearly the issue that people make it out to be, and never a problem where someone's life is at risk. Shit like knee/hip replacements and so on.Sebudai_sl said:
Paper salesman is a noble profession. My dad did it for a while. As he would always say, at least you never stooped low enough to sell used cars.
Cite some research that indicates quality of care delivery declines in single payer or socialized health care schemes vs. entirely private ones. I'm genuinely curious to see if any such research exists. I'm inclined to think not.
