Bruce Kesler points out that the majority are quite happy with their health care:
As I pointed out here, the Trojan Horse of the uninsured is overstated, to propel nationalized health care, and used to undermine the health care of 80% of Americans. The latest poll of the privately insured (consistent with many other polls), for example,
. . . found most U.S. workers are very satisfied with their employer-provided health care benefits”¦.At least seven in 10 workers consider their health plan to be excellent or very good at providing easy access to providers and covering a wide range of services, while two in three say their plan provides a sense of security that they will be able to afford good health care.
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The people who complain the loudest about the health insurance system and state of medicine are physicians. But now it seems you guys don’t want to change it.
The author of this poll is hardly objective and unbiased, considering who he works for. I personally don’t know of many people with such a rosy view of their health insurance or experiences of receiving adequate treatment with it. Sorry–
And most people who own houses are happy with their house, too. Which is nice but irrelevant if you happen to be homeless. If the US had 50 million homeless citizens, it would be a crisis. So thanks for trying but don’t quit your day job.
My community (according to public records) has over 40,000 people with no health insurance. Two large clinic associations essentially control regional health care, and neither has accepted new Medicaid, MediCare, and uninsured patients for at least three years. We have one very small health care center designed for those in need, and it stopped even taking a waiting list for appointments two years ago.
There but for the grace of God, you know? Change is necessary whether you want to see it or not.
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