Sounds like, learn to appreciate what you have, propaganda. tiberius, why don't you explain to me what you think 'commie propaganda' is while you're at it.
Commie propaganda is "do it for the benefit of the many" talk. "Serve the people" crap. "The people will benefit from your sacrifice."
Capitalist mentality is "if I don't benefit, I'm not going to do it." And I'm proud to be a capitalist.
As for universal healthcare, it makes mroe financial sense due to non-payers. I've explained before. In a private healthcare system, no matter how awesome it is, there will be non-payers. When a patient is rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment, such as a gunshot wound, the hospital doesnot have time to verify whether or not they can pay. They could be Donald Trump or Bob the homeless guy. They have now way of verifying in time. If they tried to, the person would die before verification was returned. Thus they treat first and ask questions later.
Inevitably this treat first policy leads to non-payers. But there is no alternative. If they waited to verify funds, then rich folks would die and we'll have none of that, thank you very much.
When people don't pay their hospital bill, the hospital is forced to pass costs on to everyone else. This in turn makes it so even more cannot afford treatment and become non-payers.
The other source of non-payers is insurance claim denials. These have been on the rise since the approval of HMOs. It has been made easier to deny claims, and makes sense for an HMO to do so. For some of those who are insured, fighting the claim denial is impossible due to incapacitation. Insurance company SOP is to deny nearly all claims for terminal illnesses outright. Treatment was already given, but not many can afford to pay for it. This results in non-payers with MASSIVE bills. These massive bills must be passed on to everyone else. In addition to increasing hospital costs, the increased hospital costs drive insurance premiums up. This in turn results in more who cannot afford insurance (or can only afford lower plan) and thus further increases the population of non-payers. Cycle repeats.
This cycle has been going on now for some 20+ years and we're now seeing the end result. Healthcare costs have skyrocketed, fewer and fewer have insurance, insurance premiums have gone through the roof, and even the best plans coverage decreases constantly.
It has gotten to the point where it would be many many many times cheaper to pay extra taxes for UHC than it does to pay for insurance for my employees. As a capitalist, I support what makes me the most money. UHC would mean a lot more money for my bottom line and so I support it.
Plus UHC is cheaper cus there are no non-payers.
