Hilary’s Universal Health Care:
Do you buy it?
"We're going to have universal health care when I'm president — there's no doubt about that. We're going to get it done".
Hilary’s “universal health care” seems to attract much attention lately. Too bad that it includes no more details of the plan yet:
"The reason she hasn't 'set out a plan and said here's exactly what I will do,' Clinton said, is that she wants to hear from voters what kind of plan they would favor. "
We already discuss in class that Medicare/Medicaid are kind of most expensive part of U.S. Budget, and how to pay for this Universal Health Care?
"'We're going to change the way we finance the system by taking away money from people who are doing well now,' she said. Asked who that was, she mentioned insurance companies. "
"We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. "
Obviously quite a lot of American people regard it unacceptable because of violation of liberty and freedom or a socialist act. I am surprised. I think it is wasting time to discuss the institution and freedom thing when to open up such a policy. If we want to do something really good for the society, why not just focus on how many people are going to benefit from it and how good it does to the society. A policy failure might not necessarily be the failure of the policy itself but one because of biased obstructions.
Quotes from:
http://www.hillaryforpresident-2008.com/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070326/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_health_care;_ylt=Ak6Vm1wjV2NAKcU8CSeDW8nMWM0F
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070324/ap_on_el_pr/democrats2008
"We're going to have universal health care when I'm president — there's no doubt about that. We're going to get it done".
Hilary’s “universal health care” seems to attract much attention lately. Too bad that it includes no more details of the plan yet:
"The reason she hasn't 'set out a plan and said here's exactly what I will do,' Clinton said, is that she wants to hear from voters what kind of plan they would favor. "
We already discuss in class that Medicare/Medicaid are kind of most expensive part of U.S. Budget, and how to pay for this Universal Health Care?
"'We're going to change the way we finance the system by taking away money from people who are doing well now,' she said. Asked who that was, she mentioned insurance companies. "
"We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. "
Obviously quite a lot of American people regard it unacceptable because of violation of liberty and freedom or a socialist act. I am surprised. I think it is wasting time to discuss the institution and freedom thing when to open up such a policy. If we want to do something really good for the society, why not just focus on how many people are going to benefit from it and how good it does to the society. A policy failure might not necessarily be the failure of the policy itself but one because of biased obstructions.
Quotes from:
http://www.hillaryforpresident-2008.com/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070326/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_health_care;_ylt=Ak6Vm1wjV2NAKcU8CSeDW8nMWM0F
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070324/ap_on_el_pr/democrats2008
posted by Lihua at 5:53 PM
4 Comments:
Universal Health Care is going to appeal to those who do not have it now, or those who want better benefits. But like it was said in class, healthcare is such a massive burden on the budget I don't see how Hilary could make universal healthcare work unless she did take away from companies and people who are well off. If universal healthcare was provided, we would look more like Canada. Most of the income people make would go to the government to pay for such policies. I also have to wonder how many people would actually favor such a policy, and how much it would effect our democratic principles and freedom. I believe it would inhibit our principles and freedom.
Ally makes an interesting comment in her last paragraph about how we argue whether or not to pursue a particularly party. We should be focused on how many people will benefit and how much good the policy does for a society. However, I also think that the arguement may include infringements on freedom. There are definetly trade offs in costs and benefits that should be considered. It seems that the problem a lot of the time however is that so few people actually consider both sides of the argument. We choose a side and stick to it. Of course there are trade-offs. We just have to decide which are more important. In this case, health care or the freedoms that may be lost.
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Sometimes I am really confused of American policy making. American’s sensitivity on protecting freedom and liberty is out of my imagination. I think it must be because of some difference in background and values. It is hard to explain. But Chinese people seem to believe that the common good is much more important to individuals’, and sacrificing personal interest for social benefit is regarded as part of our virtue. I don’t want to say it is all correct. But sometimes it did spur fast decision and development. Defects are always there too, and it will take pages to list.
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