Do you think America's health care system is as effective as it could be?
--Does it cater to the needs of all?
--How does it compare with the health care systems of other modernized nations?
•Canada?
•Various nations in Europe?
•Various nations in Asia?
•Australia?
--In general, are the majority of American hospitals adequately staffed? (Concerning not only quantity, but also quality)
--In general, are the majority of American hospitals adequately equipped?
--Do you see insurance companies as anything less than "ideal"?
Tristan Cogswell (Noon)
21 comments:
I think America could do a lot more to take care of the people who live here. We may have a better health care system than places in Africa and other thrid-world countries, but Canada has possibly the best health care system in the world. I don't think we have nearly enough qualified doctors, surgeons and nurses, a lot of them are only concerned about money. The same goes for hospital equipment, we have some that can get the job done but not every hospital has everything they need. I also think that the insurance companies are some of the most ruthless, corrypt businesses in the country. Paired up with hospitals, insurance companies can screw over anyone who doesn't make enough money to get a policy. I think it's crazy that the US hasn't adapted Canada's own health care system, free medical care for all, no matter how much money they have. If we had that, we wouldn't have nearly as many problems with healthcare as we do now.
- Jarett Crump
I don't think that the American healthcare system is all that it should be, I honestly don't know how it commpares to the other countries you mentioned. I think that America has some of the nicest facilities and the best doctors the world over, but think they are all more focused on making money rather than saving lives and helping people. I dunno that's just my thought.
Dustin Piercy (9:00)
I do not know about other countries health care. All i know is that America should be able to do a little more for its health care system. Some people are afraid to go to doctors just because of the cost, and others cannot go because of lack of insurance. The facilities are nice, and i really do believe they are well staffed. Personally i think that doctors vest to much emphasis on how much money they make, rather than how many people they help. Poorer people should be able to receive greater aid than they are now.
Among the developed countries, the U.S. and Japan have the "worst" health care because we are capitalists. All of the other countries have socialized thier health care, meaning everyone pays for everyone else's health care, including the people that do not pay into the system.
There are two main problems with socializing health care in the U.S. First, it would go against what our country is supposed to stand for, capitalism, meaning that we have the choice between coverage and doctors in a competitive market. Does anyone really want the kind of service we get at DMV's and other public services to filter into health care? Secondly, the cost to taxpayers. The people who are working and/or paying for health care should not be forced to pay for those who do not work (excluding temporary unemployment or disability) or chose not to pay for health care. I make a little over the U.S.'s poverty line and my first priority is to pay for my health insurance.
We already have enough people getting and wanting handouts from the government and I'm sick of it. People need to get their priorities strait and take care of themselves.
Daniel Hooker (7:00)
I know a person that is married to a guy from Canada, and his mother would have died if she had too relly on the socialized medicine that is free for Canadians, but because she had private insurance she was able to get help immediatly. Our health care is not perfect, but it is better than the socialized medicine. These people should take responsibility for there own health instead of thinking they can do whatever they want to do, and expecting a doctor to fix it for them, because a doctor can never give you back your health, he can only manage your disease.
Kassi
I have no complaints with America's healthcare system. I beleive they are doing the best they can with the resources they have. You cant expect everyone to be healed and well taken care of when only a select few are intellectual enough to become a doctor. Everyone wants to bitch about how this and that could be better and so on, and aybe it could be. But i don't see those people going to school to get a degree in medicine so in essence they are really being more hypocritical then the docotors who are doing the best they can. Now i know not all medical situations are fair to everyone and so on but the citizens as a whole have to make a better effort to stay healthy, make wise choices, and support the few docotors who can help save lives rather then talk shit about them the whole time.
Blake Eakes Noon
I dont not feel that Americas health care is as effective as it could be. So many americans are going withough health insurance thats its scary. Hopsitals as well are not as good as they could be. Specially ones around here in Champaign/Urbana. People are being misdiagnosed and ignored by doctors. It seems like you have to drive to Hospitals in big cities to get the health care you deserve. I think health care should really be looked at and changed for everyone.
Lindsay Brooks
No, I don't. There's always room for improvement. However, America's health care system is superior to that of European countries. We take better care of our people. I don't know if it caters to the needs of all, but it tries to. I know that nursing homes are understaffed. My mom stayed in once and pressed the "nurse" button and didn't get help until 2 hours later. So, I think that most hospitals are understaffed. And a lot of the times, the doctors/nurses don't care about their patients. They just want the money. I think that our equipment is decent, but I'm not sure. I don't really pay attention to stuff like that. I don't think that I know of any company that has met the ideal. I think that the concept behind insurance is good.
Liz Doty
I feel that our health care isn't perfect, but it could be a lot worse. I wish that places took care of paients alot better than they do now. But for the most part it is very good.
--Jill Reinhart (noon)
I think that given that this is America it could be better. No it doesn't cater to everyones needs. I think that Canada's might be better. I think that most are adequately staffed, but just like everything else you'll have some that arn't. I think that some insurance companies take advantage of people and their situations, but not all of them.
Dani Evans
I think insurance is a scam!!! I'm on the medical card now and my son and I have better health care than the people we know who have private. Not to say that I advocate abusing the government. America should totally do something about health care, but the citizens seem to be dead set against it. There are flaw to all systems organized for the masses, so we can't expect any system to be perfect. But we can demand something better. Before I had the medical card, I had a $1500 emergency room bill that took me 3yrs to pay off at $25 a month. That's still less than anyone I know pays for "good" insurance, and their insurance wouldn't have covered everything. Are we under staffed, I don't know. I want to say no. I feel pretty sure that we're doing o.k. as far as staff and supply availability, especially compared to less indusrtialized nations.
Renee Hart
I think that america needs to start a more efficient health system. I think there needs to be a health care system where every citizen pays taxes on their health care. That way everybody is covered when they find theirselves in tough situations. Health care isn't really something that people should really question weather they need it or not. Their are too many diseases and cancers that people can get from nowhere and have no control over. I think america should come together and everyone should pay money for health care and help those that just happen to be dealt the shitty hand of cancer or another health issue. I don't know exactly how it could be set up but i know that there are too many people out there that deserve to be helped but get screwed over by their health insurance company or just cant afford to pay the high expenses of a really good health care plan.
Jimmy Gourdier (12:00 Class)
I don't believe any healthcare program is as efficient as it could be. No country does not fall short in some area that effects many. America's health programs are great and we try to help as may people as we can. Every country has a large patient to doctor ratio and we always could use more doctors. Insurance companies are not a large moral association that really cares about people individually, they are in it for the money and if they are liable.
~Rachel Edwards
Healthcare in the U.S. are rediculous. American people have made it this way to to the vanity in our society. Nobody wants to get old and God forbid your breast should start to sag. Ultimately healthcare prices has shot through the roof. We now have alot care need to correct alot of the things we do to ourselves, this scare insurance companies. So now the insurance companies start to omitt alot of coverage that used to be covered. This is why alot of people shop for the drugs that are needed for thier survival in Canada. Now they are making money too. I should have been a doctor!
Theresa Newman(noon)
This is a brutal subject. I have had many recent visits to the hospital and emergancy room lately because my mother has some health issues. Four years ago she was diagnoses with M.S. It is a disease that overtime, causes paralysis. Since then she has had two major spine and neck surgeries, one of which was last friday. In all my experience with doctors and hospitals in America my thoughts about it have boiled down to one thing. If you have good insurance, and are not denied on your claims to use it, you will be treated very well, and some doctors are so very nice it is hard to believe. My mom luckily had a good job working with the state police before she was diagnosed so she has great health insurance, and that has definately saved her life. My wife and I on the other hand, have no insurance. We are treated very badly by any doctor we go to, especially small town familiy doctors. It's like they are afraid to help us without insurance. I actually screamed at a doctor once so loud that his staff came in and asked me to leave. I assure you I was not being prudent or out of line. He treated my wife so rudely she was in tears, as if we were nothing but an inconvenience. The last thing I want to say about this is that in America if you don't have insurance you will be left untreated and unhelped no matter what. And even if you do have insurance you may be in trouble, insurance companies are evil in my opinion, thats why the more claims their employees deny, the more money they make. Or in Laymens terms, the more sick people they kill, the more money they make. We are ranked in the high 30s place on the health care scale worldwide, yet we pay the most out of anyone...That alone says a lot.
Brett Hall 12:00
America could definetly take care of the people who live here alot better. For the countries that don't have to pay for health care is very lucky. Health care costs so damn much in america. Just to get your wisdom teeth pulled it's like $2,000. In Canada $0.00. Doctor's and surgeons are great at what they do, but it seems to me all they care about is money. If we didn't have to pay for health care in America, life would be so much more easy and wealthier. Doctor's should still get payed great money, because what they do is amazing. America just pays them a little bit to much
Trevor Kohlrus (12:00)
I don't think that America's healthcare is horrible, but I guess it could always be better. I think that hospitals are always willing to help people and get them treated as soon as possible, only if one has health insurance. If someone doesn't have health insurance, it makes matters a lot worse. It's funny because America always say they try to help everyone, but I don't necessarily think this a true statement. It's not that our healthcare system is bad in America, it's that hospitals are sometimes unwilling to help those without health insurance.
Chelse Lindenbaum (9:00)
I'm not too sure about the health care of other countries, but I think that ours is pretty good. I don't see how anybody could say that we don't have people working in hospitals because any hospital that I have been to has had plenty of staff. When you think about why our health care is so expensive, you have to take into account all that we receive. Our hospitals have the latest technology, and almost everybody has the option of having a room to himself. Also, say somebody in America has to have a surgery, whether required or cosmetic. It hardly takes any time at all to find a place that can perform this surgery. Overall, I havn't had much experience with our health care system, so I don't know a whole lot about it, but in my opinion, it is more than adequate, although anything can become improved.
Chris Bohnhoff (Noon)
Staff wise, I think that there is plenty of staff, but more would never hurt. I really don't know a whole lot about this subject, but what I do know is it is hard to get good insurance if you can't afford it or if you already have an illness. Hospitals, I think, are pretty well equipped. As far as compared to other countries, I have no clue. There is always room for improvement.
Elizabeth Kerns (9:00)
I hate the way America's health care system is. This subject has come up a lot in my household, but I have not done the research into the other countries systems. I have heard of examples though of victims from 9/11 being sent to Cuba for care, because they could not afford care here, but Cuba would still take them. I don't know if this is true, but if so, I don't feel like the government is really doing what is right for us. I believe that hospitals are not adequately staffed either. If they were, then why does the staff at hospitals and nursing homes pull 12 hour shifts?
Bobbi (9:00)
Americas health care system is nothing but a joke. The system is definitely flawed and could be much more effective than it is now. It does not cater to the needs of all. Too many people fork over an obscene amount of money for health insurance, yet as soon as they get a major illness or disease the insurance companies turn their back on them. I cannot comprehend how the people who deny those claims can live with themselves, knowing they just signed someone’s death certificate. With everything becoming more and more expensive of course people are going to have a hard time finding affordable coverage. In many other countries everyone is covered. Physicians are being sued left and right in the United States, causing us to have to pay outrageously high medical bills.Many mistakes could be prevented if physicians worked less hours. I do not believe our hospitals are adequately staffed. Something definitely needs to be done to find a solution to this problem.
Jennifer Wilson
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