Canada's heath system

[kath]

Originally posted by Peaches@Jan 27 2004, 02:31 PM
Again, maybe Australia's different, but if you look at the schools, social security, and most importantly, Medicaid and Medicare, it's quite clear to me that the US government will massively screw up national health care and I'd rather not sacrifice my health.

This point alone is what makes me leary of the government getting their hands on things! You couldn't be more right - they've screwed up everything else, why let them screw up more?

PC brings up a good point too though... there are MANY uninsurables out there without ANY health care... my grandma's neighbor is in the same situation.

And in addition to those who can't GET insured there are those who worked hard for years, retired and then were "set up" with retirement insurance to cover them in their so-called Golden Years.... my dad is 65 and his retirement insurance rate just went up to $895/month to cover him & my mom. They had to go with an HMO through his current job (yup... 25 years on a police department doesn't pay enough to ever "really" retire... he still works 40 hours/week to make ends meet) where they are still paying $280/month for a less-than-adequate health care through Blue Cross.

How is anyone supposed to EVER be able to afford to retire, afford quality insurance AND pay the bills? They though they had their retirement years taken care of... instead, he'll never be able to truly retire. If anything - God forbid - were to happen to him, I don't know what my mom would do - there's insurance for that too, but will it be enough? How can you prepare for retirement 30 some years in the future without a crystal ball to know how things are really going to turn out?