Here I was about to concede that Universal Health Care might actually be a go

>thing for the US........

With how well the government has shown that it can protect its other large da

>ses against unauthorized access, and data harvesting. Having a single cleari
>house for electronic health records would not be a good thing!

The health records are only legally available to helthcare providers.

The small amount of mostly useless data attached to health records
that could be hacked and accessed should be weighed against all the
deaths from poor healthcare without having coverage.

It costs us in taxes and it's not perfect at what we are willing
to pay in taxes to suppport it but the thought of walking into
a doctor's office and being told a procedure is going to bankrupt
me scares me more.. I have 71 years of living with this in Canada
and it's never done me any harm and no one I know has ever wanted
to get rid of the coverage.

Only the super rich think that's a good idea..

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Here I was about to concede that Universal Health Care might actually be a goo
thing for the US........

With how well the government has shown that it can protect its other large databses against unauthorized access, and data harvesting. Having a single clearing house for electronic health records would not be a good thing!

That is one of my two concerns. The other would be that if we let them run health care, then certain things... think women's reproductive health...
would probably be covered based on the whims of whoever is in charge at
that particular time.

For instance, right now I am guessing that it would not be covered at all,
even in states where it is legal. Either that, or it would be used to
track who is going to states that allow it in order to receive care.

I know other governments in other countries do it apparently without those issues, but I question how that would work here.


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With how well the government has shown that it can protect its other large

>> databses against unauthorized access, and data harvesting. Having a single
>> clearing house for electronic health records would not be a good thing!

That is one of my two concerns. The other would be that if we let them run

>health care, then certain things... think women's reproductive health...
>would probably be covered based on the whims of whoever is in charge at
>that particular time.

For instance, right now I am guessing that it would not be covered at all,

>even in states where it is legal. Either that, or it would be used to
>track who is going to states that allow it in order to receive care.

I know other governments in other countries do it apparently without those

>issues, but I question how that would work here.

Not all things are covered by our Health Care in Canada but all that
means is if something is not covered, you pay for it yourself.
Without our Universal Healhcare you would pay for Everything by yourelf
costing a lot more.

i.e.. A family member had a very premature baby, 28 or 29 weeks.
The child was in hospital for several months and the mother stayed
in a place where relatives of people in hospital can stay cheaply.

There were multiple expenses not fully covered but, in the end,
the family forked out about $35,000 and our Healthcare payed out
over $250,000. How many people could afford that?

(BTW.. That baby is now 9 years old, happy and healthy and
probably smarter than her 11 year old brother, and possibly
her parents..) B)

I understand that in the USA those who can afford it will get
good insurance (at a fairly high cost) that covers most things
but many people can't afford the better insurance coverage.

So, like a lot of things there, the USA is a great country if
you are pretty well off but it's not the best place to be poor.

Low income people and seniors pay nothing for healthcare here
and working people have payrole deductions from Zero dollars
at $20,000 a year to a maximum of about $75 a month for those
whos income gets up to over $200,000 a year here (in Ontario).

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That is one of my two concerns. The other would be that if we let them run

>health care, then certain things... think women's reproductive health...
>would probably be covered based on the whims of whoever is in charge at
>that particular time.

For instance, right now I am guessing that it would not be covered at all,

>even in states where it is legal. Either that, or it would be used to
>track who is going to states that allow it in order to receive care.

I know other governments in other countries do it apparently without those

>issues, but I question how that would work here.

Not all things are covered by our Health Care in Canada but all that
means is if something is not covered, you pay for it yourself.
Without our Universal Healhcare you would pay for Everything by yourelf costing a lot more.

I am aware of this. I also suspect (?) that what is covered and what is
not doesn't change every two-to-four years based on the whims of whoever is
in charge. I strong suspect that would happen in the USA, which is the part I would be concerned about.

I am not saying that 100% makes it a bad idea, but I do believe those
who are advocating it in the US don't realize that this would likely happen.


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