To Want or Not Want Government Care?

[rachel83az]

Only if you extend the same care to the middle class. If the guy next door can switch jobs to earn what I earn and still keep his Medicaid how’s that incentivize? Which is impossible to provide quality universal health insurance for all in a country as large as the United States. I understand what you’re saying but that’s utopia. It doesn’t exist. Every time things like benefits get increased , minimum wage increases , free phones and internet. The middle class shrinks more and more. In the long run the poor don’t end up any better off than they were before.  Socialism / communism doesn’t work. I’m sure someone will point out a country with 30 million people and say it does. Big difference between 30 million and 400 million

It doesn't work in the US because there are too many people who don't want it to work. They can make more money off keeping people sick than they would be able to make if costs were controlled.

Germany has a population of almost 100 million. The poor do not pay anything for healthcare. People who have jobs pay a sliding scale based entirely on their salary, not on what conditions they have. People can (and do) pay for optional upgrades, like single-bed hospital rooms, that make no difference in quality of care. Such a system could totally work in the US. People just don't want it to.