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That is not very progressive of you.I thought you were for free HC for all. What's up?The diciest part of Trump's promise is in his commitment to "every veteran." The VA gives priority to soldiers whose health problems stem directly from their military service, and it has a hierarchy of priority groups. At the very bottom of the list, there are no slots for financially well-off veterans with no service-related claim.
Updated - Trump-O-Meter: Increase veterans' health care
The way it should be, if not wounded during fighting or active duty in a wartime, get your own health insurance.
If you don't work for a company with shared ins, get on the ACA,
oh wait Trump scrapped that. Unless you got wounded in the line of duty, no free health care for you.
No I am all for people paying according to their income. Also I have no issue with someone disabled during active military duty, to get acute care, but after that its either disability like everyone gets if they are able to work pay a percentage of healthcare, and when a senior get Medicare.
IMHO we have no choice now...we need to institute nationalized HC. Medicare for all, of sorts. The Big HC, Big Pharma, and Big Government have so effectively messed things up, that drastic measures are required.
We have BY FAR, the most expensive HC system in the world and it is not effective...it is designed to enrich the wealthy at the detriment of the people.
At 43rd in life expectancy, we clearly need to do something.
Dying younger: U.S. life expectancy 'a real problem'
The United States ranked 43rd out of 224 countries for life expectancy in the CIA World Factbook 2015. Leading the pack by far was Monaco, with an estimated life expectancy of 89.5 years. Japan, Singapore, Macau and San Marino rounded out the top five. Most of Western Europe also ranked ahead of the U.S.
Dying younger: U.S. life expectancy 'a real problem'