Say it, Bob... How do the doctors get paid?

Military doctors get paid the same way every other soldier gets paid... tax dollars.

Yes, because nobody uses what's freely available. What planet have you been living on? Can't be this one if you've never seen people avail themselves of what they don't have to pay for... especially after you leftists have replaced our traditional values of honor with the entitlement mentality which reigns today.

Yeah, Japan... how long has their depression been going on now? Since the late '90s?
Have you checked the tax rates in those countries you cited? They're going bankrupt.

The way countries with socialist, government controlled healthcare (can't be confused with *universal*) is the way they deal with it in Canada... months long lines for even basic treatment. Poor quality healthcare when you do get it. Travel to the United States for specialized, expensive treatments if you need them and can afford them.

How does that make it a lower rate? What keeps the doctors from charging the same and pocketing the profit?

I care that I'm forced to pay for something I don't want to pay for.

Yes, he has.

However, had America stepped up in the beginning things could have been different.

But their health care is still on par with ours.

Bankrupt? Really? Japan, any country in Scandinavia, England...

BTW, you didn't prove your alleged "point" that folks will use more health care if it's available.

So what do you think should be done with a doctor operating drunk who hurts people?

Yeah, what the hell does "quality of life" mean?
And what the hell did Patrick Henry and the rest of those extremists mean when they were willing to die for their freedom?

Of course Castro wasn't given any support from America; he's a God-damned *communist*.

The people of Cuba welcomed Castro so much that he has to keep them there by threat and force, while many risk their lives to escape.

Perhaps. It's called society.

This is America. You can leave if you want.

You mean those countries going bankrupt?

EVERYONE IS ELIGIBLE FOR HEALTH CARE.

The only requirement is that you are able to pay for what you BUY.

The same way a doctor gets paid in Canada or one of our military doctors gets paid.

How do doctors get paid in countries with universal health care.

Personally I'd rather have a doctor passionate about saving lives rather than a doctor passionate about money.

Cubans still enjoy a lifespan similar to ours and they are pretty much the same in infant mortality.

BTW, the narrator of the film was from a guy who left Cuba with Batista. Batista was a thug and a criminal and the people of Cuba welcomed Castro.

Because of the politics Castro wasn't given any support from America. He HAD to go to Russia for help. It was very bad decisions by Eisenhower and Kennedy that put Cuba as an enemy on our doorstep.

Jail time costs the taxpayers money and doesn't compensate the alleged victim.

" Kate Sullivan: Well, for someone who has nothing nice to say about lawyers, you certainly have plenty of them around.

Lawrence Garfield: They're like nuclear warheads. They have theirs, so I have mine. Once you use them, they fk up everything. "
- "Other People's Money"

"Because someone else is paying for it, people are going to the doctor for everything and popping pills for everything."

Hiraghm, can you show us how that works in countries that already have universal health care?

In America do military dependents who are eligible for health care use it more often that the rest of America?

But will the malpractice?

And if the medical part of the expense goes away... how does the doctor get paid?

Clue... who will do the paying for what?
Clue... will they be paid what their skills are worth, or will they be paid some arbitrary amount the socialist bastards in government think they should be paid?

With universal health care the medical portion of the expense goes away.

Insurance rates will go down.

Here is a documentary on the quality of Cuban healthcare. I don't expect you to give it any more credence than I give the W.H.O., who are also promoting the hoax of climate change.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUSdYY243...

Question asked: "I ask who then is going to pay the doctor?"

We all do, except that it will be at a lower rate because we won't be paying for insurance fat cats.

Awwwww zwdavis, where did I ever say this: "However when you make the doctor give treatment for free"

Please quit making stuff up. Doctors in Vermont will still get paid.

What I'm saying that in rising health care costs there is no incentive to lower them.

What you are trying to say is that remuneration for doctors will go to zero if Vermont's plan is implemented. Absolutely false. They will still get paid.

I have the solution.
Do away with medical schools.
If there are no doctors, there's nobody to charge these unacceptably high fees.
Do away with pharmaceutical companies. If there are no medicines, there will be no unacceptably high fees.

How is it "looting" to charge what people are willing to pay?
How is it "looting" for the cost of insurance to skyrocket because insurance is expected to cover more and more non-catastrophic treatment?

When a hospital charges $5k for an operation if you pay cash, but $12k if you use insurance, that is an indicator that it's health *insurance* that's driving up the cost of health *care*.

I see employees at work wasting all kinds of supplies. Not simply using too much or using it sloppily, but simply losing tools after one or two uses. Why should they be frugal with supplies, when somebody else with deep pockets, Walmart, is footing the bill? The same is true with health insurance. Because someone else is paying for it, people are going to the doctor for everything and popping pills for everything.