Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "" video.

  1. The problem with these debates is that neither one of these people are experts and these are complex issues. Also, no matter the results, people will say their guy won.
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  2.  @thewick-j1837  the postal system is losing money. NASA is as well. OSHA is a mess and cost money. Military spending has been dropping for years, also, it is made up of people who are very discipline. Any business that does waste will go under.
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  3.  @Hipfireturtle  The federal government does destroy a lot of what it touches when it goes out of their Constitutional bounds.
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  4. yeah, when did I say that?
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  5. Police and fire safety are ran locally, big difference. Also, 70% of fire fighters are volunteer. And many places do not have local police but just the county sheriff.
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  6. True. What we need is more discussion this. The problem is that the left is so extreme they refuse to have discussions like these. That is why Bill Maher has called out leftists. I have respect for Ana. I disagree with her but I respect here and see her as someone I can work with.
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  7. What is wrong with profits?
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  8. No, the majority is done by pharma companies. What colleges do is do little research where most go nowhere.
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  9. Fun fact, 70% of fire fighters are volunteer.
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  10.  @thewick-j1837  Medicare's pays more in admin cost compared to private care.
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  11. Almost all who go bankrupt due to medical bills were close to being bankrupt to begin with.
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  12. Other countries cut costs leading to lower quality of cared in many situations.
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  13.  @thewick-j1837  Uh, the old Mirror Mirror article that has been debunked many times. That ranking does not include advanced care like cancer care and they have admitted in in prior articles. The US is number one in healthcare outcomes in advanced care like cancer and major surgeries. Read the book "In Excellent Health" for more details. But the fact is that in advanced care we are the best. Universal healthcare is great for very basic care, but terrible for advanced care. That is why you see people dying for "elective" care in nations like Canada and Australia. Or as Ben pointed out, in the NHS people wait hours for an ambulance. Fact is that resources are limited. Something has to give.
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  14.  @frankpentangeli7945  actually in other nations people do die due to lack of healthcare. In Australia people have died waiting for "elective care". Same in Canada. In other nations they have shorter life spans for advanced illnesses like cancer. No healthcare system is perfect, but to say that other nations do it better is 100% false. They have issues. It comes down to what issues are you willing to accept. No matter what approach you take, there will be damages. Using covid as a great example. Many supported the lockdowns as it supposedly saved lives. But at what cost? Kids falling behind in education, increase in alcohol abuse and depression and so on. Everything comes at a cost, period. I agree the US system needs improvement. But not going to universal healthcare by the federal government that cannot create a website after Obamacare.
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  15.  @frankpentangeli7945  people in Canada have died waiting for "elective" hearth surgery. Also, who are you to define what is elective? Knee surgery can be labeled as "elective" when I need healthy knees to do my job. So to me it is not elective. The only "pandemic" was that of stupidity. Covid was never that dangerous. " and yet the US had one of the very highest mortality rates (ranked 15th in the world in terms of deaths per capita with more than 1.1 MILLION DEATHS so far) despite having what you seem to believe to be a fine health care system." The US also has higher rates of obesity and poor health habits to begin with. Who said I am in favor of the current system? I have many arguments against our current system. I just feel a centralized program is not the solution. For you guys it is either the current system or a centralized system and nothing else. Other nations have problems as well. "And Obamacare started 13 years ago ... time to come into the present. Just because there were initial problems with implementation means nothing. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are run federally too, yet they work just fine. " Obamacare is a mess. And SS and Medicare are losing money and are about to go bankrupt unless changes are made.
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  16.  @thewick-j1837  the postal service is doing worse compared to the private option for a reason. Government is less efficient. NASA has not been a major player in new tech. There is a reason why they are looking at Elon Musk to do space exploration and they have one of his rockets in the Johnson Space Center. Medicare has high admin cost because of government. Government in not efficient.
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  17.  @thewick-j1837  for the postal service, longer delivery times. Poor communications. My company go through FedEx for a reason. Same with our customers. Oh, so now it is lack of funding. So now you are admitting that government cannot manage their finances. I believe I responded to another comment by you, but Medicaid has high admin cost when you do by patient.
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  18. So nations with less diversity than the US and smaller than most of our states. Not a solid comparison.
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  19.  @HITMANPegas  yes, Canada is less diverse than the US. Go to the bay area in CA and then go to Omaha, NE, vastly different all around in culture. A one size fits all policy will never work. "So you think that the European Union has less population than the U.S.?" Each country runs themselves differently. Is there an EU version of healthcare? No. Each country has their own system. " A basic public health service package is provided to all Chinese residents free of charge." The same Chinese government that did zero covid leading to people burning alive in an apartment building. "Who should we compare the U.S. too? Please inform me. " No one in the end. It is hard to make international comparisons which is why I rarely do. There are too many factors, but mainly culture is different.
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  20.  @patchwurk6652  how do you compare? What standards do you look at? Not saying is all great, we have problems. But a lot of it is subjective. If you ask the people of N. Korea how their nation is doing most will say it is doing well.
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  21.  @HITMANPegas  Canada has a population of 38 million. California has over 39 million itself. Not saying that in each city there are no differences, but in the US it is much larger. Also, in Canada the provinces run the healthcare, not the nation. The EU does not run healthcare, the individual nations do. "People are people doesn't matter what your culture is when it comes to healing people" Actually that does matter. You brought up preventative care. A study by Katherine Baicker looked at Medicaid expansion in Oregon and showed that preventative care did not increase. Fact is that the differences of culture does play a role along with population size. I lived in 3 different states now. With two of them I lived near the border. I lived in MO near the IA, KS and NE border and have seen the culture there. I lived in NV near the CA border and seen the culture there I now live in TX and see the culture here. Major differences. A one size fits all policy will never work.
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  22.  @patchwurk6652  you really can't compare. You have the issue of culture. If you just want to treat people like numbers and not actual people then fine, do it. I just feel that is not the best approach as healthcare is very personal.
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  23. And less efficient. Also, being cheaper is debatable.
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  24.  @jangorh  they do not have better results. As for cheaper, that is debatable. And what studies? I believe I know what you are referring to. That study admitted that quality will drop a lot
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  25. Mike has very poor arguments here on healthcare.
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  26.  @patchwurk6652  many. To start on the elective care issue. Define "elective care". You may say a knee surgery is elective as it is not life threatening. However, I need healthy knees to do the jobs I do. So now it is no longer elective in my opinion. That is one of many examples. Want me to keep going?
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  27.  @patchwurk6652  So you are not defining what is "elective care". Why should some government official that I do not vote for decides what is elective care?
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  28. A federal universal healthcare system will fail. The US is too complex and people in the US take healthcare very personal. Fact is medicare for all will fail big time in the US unless we are willing to accept less progress and lower quality of care in advanced care like other nations do.
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  29.  @thewick-j1837  that is not true. When you do a per patient analysis, medicaid is higher. Also, government has the ability to pass the cost to other departments which hides the numbers. So yes, admin is higher under the government system.
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  30.  @thewick-j1837  who says we will say billions? Care to give me those sources? Government is very wasteful. For example, just look at our national debt. What business can last over 200 years and have trillions of debt that keeps growing?
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  31.  @frevazz3364  I actually oppose how our current healthcare system runs. I have ideas on how to fix it. I just feel a centralized program is not a solution.
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