Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Nevada Attempting 'Medicaid For All'" video.

  1. That was the design of the country and this is what you want. You don't want a centralized government.
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  2. huraziel, doctors don't have to take medicaid. They can always move to another state or offer lower quality care or just not be a doctor anymore. This is a problem with socializing a system with highly skilled workers. You have a short supply of them and they have the option to work elsewhere.
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  3. huraziel, not everyone likes to work for the government, especially a high skilled person like a doctor. Most complaints by doctors deals with insurance companies where the problems really stem from the federal government. Doctors will not want to deal with the bureaucracy of government. Look at public education for an example. Around 50% of teachers quite after a year. Now there are several reasons for that, but dealing with government is one factor.
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  4. That is a common trend. In larger cities you have less of a community and thus will push for government programs more. In smaller, more local town there is a stronger community connection as you basically know everyone in your town and thus don't need a government to enforce laws and make sure people behave.
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  5. Noah McCurry, that is not true. Larger cities are more liberal in policies because in a large city you don't know everyone. I have had so many neighbors since I moved to the city and the trust in others is much lower. In a small town you know everyone. I knew my doctor my entire life in my hometown. He used to volunteer his services at the local high school football games (we had only one high school). I knew my dentist. I personally knew several people who can work on my car, and if they messed up I can hold them accountable. Same with other companies. Also, in small towns you see more people volunteering such as 70% of fire fighters are volunteer. In that small town that doctor donated money to build a facility to take care of sports related injury at a discount. People in small towns take others in consideration as well. In large cities the personal connection with people is much lower. Someone can easily move high schools to another part of town and you may never hear of that person again. Someone can move three blocks away and you may never see them again. In a small town you can't do that, so your actions are scrutinized more. Saying that cities take each other into consideration is false. They push for more government programs because when you don't fully know the person you live next to there is a greater desire to have an arbiter like government control the situation. When I moved to the city I had many mechanics to choose from but did not know any of them. With that I like the idea of government being there to make sure that company does not screw me over. When you been in a town that has no stop signs on their roads but rallies together to help a family whose home burned down you see why they don't rely on government as much. Where in a small town people are not willing to help others as much. I never saw a homeless person in my hometown. I see many in the city I live in now that people just tell to leave. As a whole it isn't to say that either group are bad people. It is just that due to the level of personal connection with people means they either rely on government more or less.
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  6. vick3d, I agree. That was something I brought up. In the city you can move three blocks away and you might not see the same people anymore. But I never thought of the idea of people just disappearing all together and no one will care.
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