Comments on: Will Your Favorite Charities Suffer if Universal Health Care Becomes a Reality? http://www.pre-boomermusings.com/current-events/will-your-favorite-charities-suffer-if-universal-health-care-becomes-a-reality Thoughts, Comments and Opinions for those born between 1930 and 1945 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:27:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kate Gervais http://www.pre-boomermusings.com/current-events/will-your-favorite-charities-suffer-if-universal-health-care-becomes-a-reality/comment-page-1#comment-47 Kate Gervais Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:17:22 +0000 http://www.pre-boomermusings.com/?p=145#comment-47 If cancer were eradicated, the American Cancer Society could go out of business. That's the whole point! Mr. Morris, you might be sentimental about the "glory days of the American Cancer Society" but most people would be ecstatic to eradicate such a deadly disease. Most charities would consider the solution of society's toughest problems to be their ultimate contribution! I've heard many arguments to preserve the terrible status quo for health care in this country, but this is the most misguided so far! If cancer were eradicated, the American Cancer Society could go out of business. That’s the whole point! Mr. Morris, you might be sentimental about the “glory days of the American Cancer Society” but most people would be ecstatic to eradicate such a deadly disease. Most charities would consider the solution of society’s toughest problems to be their ultimate contribution! I’ve heard many arguments to preserve the terrible status quo for health care in this country, but this is the most misguided so far!

]]> By: Dan Morris http://www.pre-boomermusings.com/current-events/will-your-favorite-charities-suffer-if-universal-health-care-becomes-a-reality/comment-page-1#comment-41 Dan Morris Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:19:11 +0000 http://www.pre-boomermusings.com/?p=145#comment-41 I don't know what you're talking about Ms. Storch. "Wouldn't it be great. . . ." that's exactly right. "Wouldn't it be great!" But guess what, less than half the country is footing the bill for all these "wouldn't it be great" ideas. 5% of the country foots almost the entire bill. Wouldn't it be great if these people just came to your house and gave you money everyday? Wouldn't it be great if money grew on trees? Wouldn't it be great if nobody but the top 5% had to work so we could all sit around and eat free food with our food stamps, pay 1/2 price in low-income homes, get paid "unemployment" because we're not working, get free cable because it's un-American to reserve Cable TV just for the rich, and then get free health care for our obesity problem because we've just been sitting around watching Sally Jessie. Wouldn't it be great? And you know who's going to win the next election? The guy who promises everybody all this stuff. Because, Ms. Storch, there are going to be people at the polling booth thinking "Wouldn't it be great?" .-= Dan Morris´s last blog ..<a href="http://lettersfromdan.com/2009/08/the-january-nams-niche-affiliate-marketing-system-workshop-the-action-plan/" rel="nofollow">The January NAMS (Niche Affiliate Marketing System Workshop) – The Action Plan!</a> =-. I don’t know what you’re talking about Ms. Storch. “Wouldn’t it be great. . . .” that’s exactly right. “Wouldn’t it be great!”

But guess what, less than half the country is footing the bill for all these “wouldn’t it be great” ideas. 5% of the country foots almost the entire bill. Wouldn’t it be great if these people just came to your house and gave you money everyday? Wouldn’t it be great if money grew on trees? Wouldn’t it be great if nobody but the top 5% had to work so we could all sit around and eat free food with our food stamps, pay 1/2 price in low-income homes, get paid “unemployment” because we’re not working, get free cable because it’s un-American to reserve Cable TV just for the rich, and then get free health care for our obesity problem because we’ve just been sitting around watching Sally Jessie.

Wouldn’t it be great? And you know who’s going to win the next election? The guy who promises everybody all this stuff. Because, Ms. Storch, there are going to be people at the polling booth thinking “Wouldn’t it be great?”
Dan Morris´s last blog ..The January NAMS (Niche Affiliate Marketing System Workshop) – The Action Plan! My ComLuv Profile

]]> By: Marjorie Storch http://www.pre-boomermusings.com/current-events/will-your-favorite-charities-suffer-if-universal-health-care-becomes-a-reality/comment-page-1#comment-39 Marjorie Storch Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:57:16 +0000 http://www.pre-boomermusings.com/?p=145#comment-39 Don Potter seems more interested in the charities than in the people they are designed to help. Wouldn't it be great if people knew their healthcare did not depend on the charitable whims of others? We need universal healthcare access for our citizens. Let citizens make their own choice from private or public options. The private healthcare industry has not demonstrated ability or willingness to keep costs down, especially in markets with limited choice. Don Potter seems more interested in the charities than in the people they are designed to help. Wouldn’t it be great if people knew their healthcare did not depend on the charitable whims of others? We need universal healthcare access for our citizens. Let citizens make their own choice from private or public options. The private healthcare industry has not demonstrated ability or willingness to keep costs down, especially in markets with limited choice.

]]> By: allan w http://www.pre-boomermusings.com/current-events/will-your-favorite-charities-suffer-if-universal-health-care-becomes-a-reality/comment-page-1#comment-37 allan w Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:16:28 +0000 http://www.pre-boomermusings.com/?p=145#comment-37 I don't know what all the concern is about ... Canadian get sick too and we are well looked after. Our infant mortality rate is lower than that of the USA ... our life expectancy is higher .... we don't kill off our elderly ... everyone is seen and looked after.... and our % of GNP is virtually half of what Americans pay. Hospital Foundations raise money here for equipment and capital expansion ... that will continue ... that will probably continue in the USA too. No need to panic. I don’t know what all the concern is about … Canadian get sick too and we are well looked after. Our infant mortality rate is lower than that of the USA … our life expectancy is higher …. we don’t kill off our elderly … everyone is seen and looked after…. and our % of GNP is virtually half of what Americans pay.

Hospital Foundations raise money here for equipment and capital expansion … that will continue … that will probably continue in the USA too. No need to panic.

]]> By: Sue Barnes http://www.pre-boomermusings.com/current-events/will-your-favorite-charities-suffer-if-universal-health-care-becomes-a-reality/comment-page-1#comment-36 Sue Barnes Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:55:56 +0000 http://www.pre-boomermusings.com/?p=145#comment-36 I am a Canadian and work in a hospital foundation as a development officer. We have had universal health care for many, many years and it is wonderful. When we are sick or in need of health care, we do not have to worry about cost and contrary to what is being reported do not have to wait for care. There is no "big government" deciding who gets served or not, we are all equal and everyone gets care regardless of who they are. The government pays for staff salaries and capital needs. We fundraise for equipment needs and assist with capital campaigns. Donors support us in amazing ways. All of the needs get met. As for loss of freedom that is not the case here. We have more freedom to get the care that we need, when we need it. I have trouble understanding the opposition to such a wonderful program. We as Canadians are reluctant to move or travel in America as the health care costs are so high. Charities will benefit not suffer a loss. I am hard pressed to understand what the opposition is. I am a Canadian and work in a hospital foundation as a development officer. We have had universal health care for many, many years and it is wonderful. When we are sick or in need of health care, we do not have to worry about cost and contrary to what is being reported do not have to wait for care.

There is no “big government” deciding who gets served or not, we are all equal and everyone gets care regardless of who they are.

The government pays for staff salaries and capital needs. We fundraise for equipment needs and assist with capital campaigns. Donors support us in amazing ways. All of the needs get met.

As for loss of freedom that is not the case here. We have more freedom to get the care that we need, when we need it. I have trouble understanding the opposition to such a wonderful program. We as Canadians are reluctant to move or travel in America as the health care costs are so high.

Charities will benefit not suffer a loss. I am hard pressed to understand what the opposition is.

]]> By: Bobby Gee http://www.pre-boomermusings.com/current-events/will-your-favorite-charities-suffer-if-universal-health-care-becomes-a-reality/comment-page-1#comment-34 Bobby Gee Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:17:31 +0000 http://www.pre-boomermusings.com/?p=145#comment-34 Good points but the sad truth is the government wants to destroy our current economic system. This is not about health care but power and control. The fix is simple. Free market principles. This works every time it is tried. Econ 101. By controlling the health care the government controls our lives. How? jobs, how much money we can make. Business and yes charities. This way the government is in charge of who gets help and who doesn't. We lose our freedom. In the end this is what it is all about. Good points but the sad truth is the government wants to destroy our current economic system. This is not about health care but power and control. The fix is simple. Free market principles. This works every time it is tried. Econ 101. By controlling the health care the government controls our lives. How? jobs, how much money we can make. Business and yes charities. This way the government is in charge of who gets help and who doesn’t. We lose our freedom. In the end this is what it is all about.

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