Comments on: Which Party’s Platform Improves Coverage More for DCWs? http://hchcw.org/archives/rnc-or-dnc-which-platform-will-aid-direct-care-workers-more Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:15:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Roy Gedat http://hchcw.org/archives/rnc-or-dnc-which-platform-will-aid-direct-care-workers-more#comment-488 Roy Gedat Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:31:43 +0000 http://hchcw.org/?p=301#comment-488 I actually know people here in the USA who have died because they could not afford timely care and put off going to the doctor till it was too late. The greatest irony is that people who provide home and institutional health care are too often uncovered by our broken system. How many people are dying in the UK and Canada because they are waiting for common surgeries? Hopefully the USA will someday join the rest of the world and assure every citizen the health care they need. I think we need to get the profit out of health care all together. We can bail out the mortgage companies.... why can't we have a comprehensive health care system that works? I actually know people here in the USA who have died because they could not afford timely care and put off going to the doctor till it was too late. The greatest irony is that people who provide home and institutional health care are too often uncovered by our broken system.

How many people are dying in the UK and Canada because they are waiting for common surgeries?

Hopefully the USA will someday join the rest of the world and assure every citizen the health care they need. I think we need to get the profit out of health care all together. We can bail out the mortgage companies…. why can’t we have a comprehensive health care system that works?

]]> By: Cynthia Poort http://hchcw.org/archives/rnc-or-dnc-which-platform-will-aid-direct-care-workers-more#comment-487 Cynthia Poort Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:52:00 +0000 http://hchcw.org/?p=301#comment-487 I am not in favor of a "National" Health Plan and think that the Democratic Party Platform is headed that way. In countries were health care has been socialized they receive overall less care with longer waiting periods. Two examples are Great Britan and Canada. Citizens from those countries have the same health care for all but many people die while waiting for common surgeries like CABG and instead elect to come to the USA and pay for care out of pocket to receive quality care. The Republican Platform supports competition and free enterprise which is essential to quality care. I am not in favor of a “National” Health Plan and think that the Democratic Party Platform is headed that way. In countries were health care has been socialized they receive overall less care with longer waiting periods. Two examples are Great Britan and Canada. Citizens from those countries have the same health care for all but many people die while waiting for common surgeries like CABG and instead elect to come to the USA and pay for care out of pocket to receive quality care. The Republican Platform supports competition and free enterprise which is essential to quality care.

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