JohnRM
Don't make me destroy you
I was talking to someone the other night about nationalized healthcare in the United States and he/she was kind enough to remind me how much of an evil, greedy republican that I am and how I constantly go on about druggies, smokers, and fat people, but ignore those healthy, average citizens and focus on that minority that don't take care of themselves. I am apparently such a jerk cause I will doom the overwhelming majority of Americans who do take care of themselves for the sake of a small minority who do not.
Yea! Right!
The United States of Obese America
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/fit.nation/obesity.map/
http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=3940
It seems that almost a quarter of all American citizens are now obese, according to the CNN Article.
The second link speaks of a 1999 report that says 61 percent of Americans are overweight and 26 percent were obese.
About 25 percent of Americans smoke cigarettes or cigars.
Anywhere from 6 - 15 percent of Americans use some form of illegal drugs or other non-alcoholic substance. The most reliable source that I have says 8.3 percent.
An estimated 6.7 percent of Americans are alcoholics.
This means that anywhere from 25 - 66 percent of Americans have habits that are seriously detrimental to their own health. The likely range is between 40 - 50 percent, because some of these habits will overlap each other in the same person. This is, of course, completely ignoring the fact that 61 percent of Americans are apparently overweight. Going by weight alone, 61 - 86 percent of Americans are not particularly mindful of their health.
Who wants to be the first to line up to pay the cost of medical care for these medical delinquents? Who wants to be the first pay for the neglect that these people show towards their own health? Who wants a tax hike of 20 percent to pay for it all? I am telling you, that as things progress, especially with obesity, these issues are going to start taking a heavy toll on the national health service and the system will crumble.
You WILL NOT receive prompt and quality care, because the resources simply won't be there. That 12 hours that you complained about waiting for a Doctor and Nurse to examine and cast up your broken leg is now going to take much longer and the follow-up care is going to be almost non-existent. When you get cancer, your survival rate will drop like a rock, as the statistics in Europe show. Why? Because, like in the UK, they don't do certain pre-screening tests, like tests for Prostate Cancer? Why not? It isn't cost effective. Only a small percentage of tests come back positive. It is more cost effective to let people come to them with symptoms.
Choosing your doctor? Forget about it. Your appointment is inconvenient for you? You need to reschedule? Yeah, okay, they have another appointment in about four months. You'll feel better by then, I assure you, either cause you're dead or recovered. Either way, works for them.
So, who wants to be the first to line up for this?
Yea! Right!
The United States of Obese America
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/fit.nation/obesity.map/
http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=3940
It seems that almost a quarter of all American citizens are now obese, according to the CNN Article.
The second link speaks of a 1999 report that says 61 percent of Americans are overweight and 26 percent were obese.
About 25 percent of Americans smoke cigarettes or cigars.
Anywhere from 6 - 15 percent of Americans use some form of illegal drugs or other non-alcoholic substance. The most reliable source that I have says 8.3 percent.
An estimated 6.7 percent of Americans are alcoholics.
This means that anywhere from 25 - 66 percent of Americans have habits that are seriously detrimental to their own health. The likely range is between 40 - 50 percent, because some of these habits will overlap each other in the same person. This is, of course, completely ignoring the fact that 61 percent of Americans are apparently overweight. Going by weight alone, 61 - 86 percent of Americans are not particularly mindful of their health.
Who wants to be the first to line up to pay the cost of medical care for these medical delinquents? Who wants to be the first pay for the neglect that these people show towards their own health? Who wants a tax hike of 20 percent to pay for it all? I am telling you, that as things progress, especially with obesity, these issues are going to start taking a heavy toll on the national health service and the system will crumble.
You WILL NOT receive prompt and quality care, because the resources simply won't be there. That 12 hours that you complained about waiting for a Doctor and Nurse to examine and cast up your broken leg is now going to take much longer and the follow-up care is going to be almost non-existent. When you get cancer, your survival rate will drop like a rock, as the statistics in Europe show. Why? Because, like in the UK, they don't do certain pre-screening tests, like tests for Prostate Cancer? Why not? It isn't cost effective. Only a small percentage of tests come back positive. It is more cost effective to let people come to them with symptoms.
Choosing your doctor? Forget about it. Your appointment is inconvenient for you? You need to reschedule? Yeah, okay, they have another appointment in about four months. You'll feel better by then, I assure you, either cause you're dead or recovered. Either way, works for them.
So, who wants to be the first to line up for this?
