Sunday, October 14, 2012

Why national health insurance is good for everyone, not just the "poor".

When the Australian government taxes us at least 1.75% of our income IF WE EARN ABOVE $20 000 as an individual (then we are FREE), it provides us with free medical & hospital care, plus screening for all the common cancers. We also get any prescribed item for $35, even expensive cancer drugs, up to around $1200/year, then they are $5.

If the USA made everyone pay a similar levy (and didn't call it tax), that's Obamacare. People would be fools to knock it back.

Nicholas Kristof writes about his dear friend from childhood & university who is dying far too young because there was no system in place that looked after the health problems no one wants to think about:

A Possibly Fatal Mistake - NYTimes.com

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