Here's an example of user pay....sometimes I have to go to a Chiropractor to get this old carcass bent back into shape. I know when I need to go and don't make unnecessary visits that can cost $50 per visit. And I don't have an insurance policy (Blue Cross or what ever) or "benefits package" to pick up any, or all, of the costs....so I don't go "for nothing". Dentist visits paid out of my pocket...every year whether I think I need to go or not (preventative maintenance). They'd have me back every six months if they had their way and I agreed to it.
It wouldn't be real pretty if people only got the health care they could afford! So universal health care is likely the way to go in a socially civilized population. But a small user fee to curb abuse certainly wouldn't hurt either. Under such a plan the "poorest" of the population probably would be excempt anyway.
Hard to complain about taxes when my kids were born basically free of charge in a hospital, myself needed some medical attention along the way and will probably only get more frequent and intense as time passes.
It wouldn't be real pretty if people only got the health care they could afford! So universal health care is likely the way to go in a socially civilized population. But a small user fee to curb abuse certainly wouldn't hurt either. Under such a plan the "poorest" of the population probably would be excempt anyway.
Hard to complain about taxes when my kids were born basically free of charge in a hospital, myself needed some medical attention along the way and will probably only get more frequent and intense as time passes.
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