What do you mean by socialised ? Medical care for everyone paid by taxes ?

 

don't have it and i want it.

 

I 100% agree with it and am thankful to live in country that has it.

 

I believe that socialised healthcare is the way to go as well, and I'm grateful that my country has implemented the system as well (Canada). Everyone should have equal access to healthcare, no matter how rich/poor you may be.

 

I actually like idea of that system alot. I think the basic health care insurance is a little too basic, but I like the basic idea. A two tier system where the basic one gives you a nice wide range of basic, emergency and essential treatments that nobody is allowed to profit from and a second one for non-essential and other extras that companies can profit from. We have both private and public here but it's a different system to that.

 

A mate of mine works in the local hospital and he says the same thing. I'm not saying our system doesn't need an overhaul, my personal opinion is that it's being run into the ground in order to give them an excuse to move over to an American style system. Get enough people pissed off with it and they'll start calling for its scrapping type thing. Like you say though, you want health care for all. I've never understood why people could ever be against, which is what got me thinking earlier about whether it was just cos they don't already have it.

 

that's bs. the private sector doesn't do any better than the public. they make more money, but they don't treat us any better. and who corrupts our government if not the private sector? who gives our politicians money to vote down health care for example?

 

Spot on! That is why the US doesn't spend the most on health care out of any nation on Earth, and also why we don't have any inefficiency or corruption! $50 for a box of tissues?! Sign me up! Go privatization! Invisible hand! Free market! Etc.

 

That"s why people from all over the world who can afford it come to the US for treatment. It's the private sector that delivers the best health care and that why the US leads the world in drug development. Also why does the government even need to be involved where 90% of people like the health care they have. The government can have a roll in providing for the few poor that slip through the cracks.

 

You're correct in your assumption of the "hidden things" that make "the majority unhappy." The so-called healthcare reform only requires citizens to obtain health insurance; it is a far cry from the "revolutionary" rhetoric of US state apologists. If the citizen does not obtain coverage (and the bill gives no guarantee of quality and does not obligate companies to do so) he will be fined. The reform will also drive healthcare to be even more privatized then it is currently. However, I encourage you to read these articles. It, and others that you search for will reveal the true nature of the Obama administration's phony reform. In my opinion, the second one listed is the most direct. One of the only solutions I can think of is for the proletariat to expropriate the private sector and eliminate the profit system. But that presupposes the destruction of capitalism.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jun2009/pers-j08.shtml
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/mar2010/pers-m22.shtml