First, we used Massachusetts as a lab rat for health care reform. Look how that turned out: the program went bankrupt and many doctors fled the state. We also had many warnings from Europe and Canada. Canada implemented the same kind of "single-payer system" and look where that got them, the same situation Massachusetts is in. Even though we were warned, America voted for President Obama whose political agenda revolved around this topic and now our government has taken several more steps in invading medicine.

I just don’t understand any of this. My father is a doctor and I have seen what this health care system is like from his time in the military. For instance, the doctors in the military get paid the same amount no matter how many extra hours worked or how many surgeries were performed in that time, so the doctors and surgeons lose the incentive to work harder and in fact, seem to work less. I have also worked at an Ophthalmologist clinic and Optic shop for two years and I have been to an Ophthalmologist convention and saw proof of what was to come.
Ezz- The insurance companies have to stay afloat somehow. Remember, the insurance companies are competing with the government and the government’s help is free of charge to most. Also, see this: http://smartgirlnation.com/2009/06/popular-ranking-unfairly-misrepresents-the-us-health-care-system/.

Firstname Lastname- Don’t assume things that were clearly not stated or implied within my question. Also, if your medicine was not covered on medicare before, why didn’t you switch to a more reliable insurance?

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I know you are dying for those great Republican leaders to return to office, but hop on my magical carpet ride and let’s revisit the days of President George Walker Bush:

–Fraudulent, needless invasion of Iraq off cooked intelligence
–hijacking of the surplus Clinton left him
–Medicare reformed that fattened the pockets of Big Pharma (and drained our Treasury of billions)
–Silly idea about reforming Social Security (hilarious how the markets collapsed right after his tour)
–complete collapse of the global economy
–car companies going bankrupt
–insurance companies going bankrupt
–banks going bankrupt
–airlines going bankrupt
–torture
–military procedures ruled unconstitutional by Supreme Court
–unfunded occupation in Afghanistan (because he was too busy looking for those fairy tale nukes in Iraq)
–lied to America about the purpose of TARP (his 700 billion dollar bailout program)

Need I say more?

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God’s very own nation—Israel, has socialized medicine. They defy the Biblical teaching of, "if you can’t afford surgery, *&^% you, you either die or go bankrupt!" How are they getting away with the evils of socialized medicine in the land where Jesus is supposed to return. Other nations with God-fearing people, Ireland, Malta and Poland, devout Catholic countries where people do the right thing and forbid gays to marry or recruit the children, of course, also have socialized medicine —how can they serve God and defy his will by not letting the insurance companies flourish according to what the Bible mandates, "Thou shalt do nothing that would interfere with the profit margins of Aetna and Blue Cross, screw the sick, they’re a drain on society!" What is this? Why isn’t God torturing all these nations and punishing them for their anti-Biblical stance and embracing this asinine theory that no one should go bankrupt or be denied health care.

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