I do not like mandates, particularly those with IRS-levied fines. There are those of us who do not “need” full healthcare coverage and who do not wish it. Opting NOT to purchase it should not be met with a financial penalty. Hill-Burton is also federally-funded and helps when a need arises; under Obama, it was pointed out that there simply are not enough doctors in the US to handle the increased load, should everyone have and use, coverage. Obama’s response? A shrug.
The AMA limits the number of medical students that can be admitted annually, kind of like dumping oranges to keep the price of oj high. It’s a difficult issue.
Anyway, free health care and free education are not either of them free, nor will they be. The man who wrote that post made no distinction, which you have, and I do get your point. Government control of it, in my view is government takeover of a large share of the US economy, I think it was roughly, a third? When what really needed addressed was the activity of the AMA.
In fact I have never been hospitalized, knock on wood. However as a retiree, the federal government extracts what it needs, now $145 a month for Medicare from my social security. On top of that a monthly fee for supplementary health care is required by law.
I speak for no one, but oppose “universal health care” operated by the federal government for a fee. There are alternatives that have the potential to cover everyone, my preference, minus the bureaucratic takeover.
The AMA does in fact deliberately exclude candidates from med school. It is the direct reason for the doctor shortage.
I do not like mandates, particularly those with IRS-levied fines. There are those of us who do not “need” full healthcare coverage and who do not wish it. Opting NOT to purchase it should not be met with a financial penalty. Hill-Burton is also federally-funded and helps when a need arises; under Obama, it was pointed out that there simply are not enough doctors in the US to handle the increased load, should everyone have and use, coverage. Obama’s response? A shrug.
The AMA limits the number of medical students that can be admitted annually, kind of like dumping oranges to keep the price of oj high. It’s a difficult issue.
Anyway, free health care and free education are not either of them free, nor will they be. The man who wrote that post made no distinction, which you have, and I do get your point. Government control of it, in my view is government takeover of a large share of the US economy, I think it was roughly, a third? When what really needed addressed was the activity of the AMA.
I don’t. Honestly.
In fact I have never been hospitalized, knock on wood. However as a retiree, the federal government extracts what it needs, now $145 a month for Medicare from my social security. On top of that a monthly fee for supplementary health care is required by law.
I speak for no one, but oppose “universal health care” operated by the federal government for a fee. There are alternatives that have the potential to cover everyone, my preference, minus the bureaucratic takeover.
The AMA does in fact deliberately exclude candidates from med school. It is the direct reason for the doctor shortage.