Comments on: Is Healthcare a privilege or a right? http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/08/is-healthcare-a-privilege-or-a-right.html Political commentary/genealogical interests Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:43:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Featheriver http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/08/is-healthcare-a-privilege-or-a-right.html#comment-2439 Featheriver Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:23:50 +0000 http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/08/is-healthcare-a-privilege-or-a-right.html#comment-2439 Thanks for the contribution Gail. I'm not in the medical profession but from all I read there are thousands of Americans who are dissatisfied with the health system. The dissatisfaction doesn't seem to rest with the quality of medical care they receive, it is with the inability of so many to be able to afford it. I also read that the United States ranks 37th in the world for health care, not #1. Thanks for the contribution Gail. I’m not in the medical profession but from all I read there are thousands of Americans who are dissatisfied with the health system. The dissatisfaction doesn’t seem to rest with the quality of medical care they receive, it is with the inability of so many to be able to afford it. I also read that the United States ranks 37th in the world for health care, not #1.

]]> By: Gail Burns http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/08/is-healthcare-a-privilege-or-a-right.html#comment-2436 Gail Burns Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:20:48 +0000 http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/08/is-healthcare-a-privilege-or-a-right.html#comment-2436 I have been reading the debate of healthcare for weeks, but one thing is abundantly clear: we have the best health care in the world. I never hear of someone flying off to any country that has socialized medicine for quality medical care but as a nurse of 34 years I constantly meet people who come to the US for surgery and/treatment. I always ask the person "why did you come here for care, why didn't you have this done in your country?" The answer is always the same: the care/surgery is not as good in their country and at home are long waiting lists for non life threatening surgery. We may not have the perfect system but the world sure recognizes that we have the best. I have been reading the debate of healthcare for weeks, but one thing is abundantly clear: we have the best health care in the world. I never hear of someone flying off to any country that has socialized medicine for quality medical care but as a nurse of 34 years I constantly meet people who come to the US for surgery and/treatment. I always ask the person “why did you come here for care, why didn’t you have this done in your country?” The answer is always the same: the care/surgery is not as good in their country and at home are long waiting lists for non life threatening surgery. We may not have the perfect system but the world sure recognizes that we have the best.

]]> By: j davis http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/08/is-healthcare-a-privilege-or-a-right.html#comment-2415 j davis Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:44:27 +0000 http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/08/is-healthcare-a-privilege-or-a-right.html#comment-2415 The fact that the US is the ONLY industrialized country without universal health care shows how morally bankrupt the country actually is. Sad ti say there is a sizable number of Americans who see health care as a privilege reserved for the well off. Why does the US always have money for needless wars but when it comes to the health of their citizens suddenly the costs are unacceptable? What a nation of morons! The fact that the US is the ONLY industrialized country without universal health care shows how morally bankrupt the country actually is. Sad ti say there is a sizable number of Americans who see health care as a privilege reserved for the well off. Why does the US always have money for needless wars but when it comes to the health of their citizens suddenly the costs are unacceptable? What a nation of morons!

]]> By: Featheriver http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/08/is-healthcare-a-privilege-or-a-right.html#comment-2304 Featheriver Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:39:59 +0000 http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/08/is-healthcare-a-privilege-or-a-right.html#comment-2304 The Constitution isn't statutory law. It is a framework of the relation of government to its people. Statutory law must comply with the Constitutional framework. The intent of the founding fathers was to construct a government to be "of, for, and by the people" via a republic system. Our problems with government generally arises from the ignorance of the people about what the U.S. government is and the relationship between the three branches of government. The Constitution isn't the problem, people are the problem. The Constitution isn’t statutory law. It is a framework of the relation of government to its people. Statutory law must comply with the Constitutional framework. The intent of the founding fathers was to construct a government to be “of, for, and by the people” via a republic system. Our problems with government generally arises from the ignorance of the people about what the U.S. government is and the relationship between the three branches of government. The Constitution isn’t the problem, people are the problem.

]]> By: Featheriver http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/08/is-healthcare-a-privilege-or-a-right.html#comment-2302 Featheriver Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:33:06 +0000 http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/08/is-healthcare-a-privilege-or-a-right.html#comment-2302 We are the only modern industrialized country without universal healthcare. I believe it should be a Constitutional right in this country. We are the only modern industrialized country without universal healthcare. I believe it should be a Constitutional right in this country.

]]> By: Foxwood http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/08/is-healthcare-a-privilege-or-a-right.html#comment-2288 Foxwood Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:03:16 +0000 http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/08/is-healthcare-a-privilege-or-a-right.html#comment-2288 Do you believe the Constitution is the rule of law? Do you believe in the original intent of our founding fathers? Do you want to reform Congress? If your answer is yes, we have to work together to make this happen. http://animal-farm.us/change/constitution-project-575 Do you believe the Constitution is the rule of law? Do you believe in the original intent of our founding fathers? Do you want to reform Congress? If your answer is yes, we have to work together to make this happen.

http://animal-farm.us/change/constitution-project-575

]]> By: Sherwin http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/08/is-healthcare-a-privilege-or-a-right.html#comment-2287 Sherwin Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:25:07 +0000 http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/08/is-healthcare-a-privilege-or-a-right.html#comment-2287 How about healthcare is a right if you are a Republican and a privledge if you are a Democrat. The world's richest country doesn't even have a decent healthcare plan. What a shocking travesty! How about healthcare is a right if you are a Republican and a privledge if you are a Democrat.
The world’s richest country doesn’t even have a decent healthcare plan. What a shocking travesty!

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