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Old 08-26-2008, 10:02 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default universal healthcare

Having a look at the map of where the bananas.org people live shows a lot live in europe, a lot in the USA and a smattering of people in Asia, Australasia, Central and South America and the Carribean.

The europeans will know about universal healthcare, the aussies and kiwis will. But the COTUSAs (learnt that one years ago Citizens Of The USA) refuse to consider what is a right for so many people throughout the world.

So why is there so much opposition to healthcare for everyone?

It's probably a touchy subject as you come up to your elections, just thought some of you with experience of the no free helathcare system might like to discuss with those who have experience with free total health care (e.g. the Poms, Dutch, Germans, French) who are members here

With Australia we have universal healthcare with an american twist - some services charge more than the base rate and that's where the system falls down. You have to prove you are a poverty liner or pay the difference between the free rate and the greedy rate. I'm a poverty liner.
And we also don't have free dental - which is surprising considering so much of your health is dependent on your having a healthy mouth to eat and drnk and breath through

The biggest proportion of Australias health care bill is keeping smokers alive for the last 6 weeks of their lives - the palliative care for those dying from smokers diseases. I used to know the statistics - but that was a long time ago - tens of billions of the public health dollar over here is spent on this

Someone has to pay - and after years of dying slowly those who need the palliative care can't afford it unless it comes from the public purse.
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