how many people do you know that have gone to Canada, Sweden, etc to get healthcare? I'm not talking about new boobs, or sex change. I'm talking about life/death diseases and issues? we go to Canada for meds I hear (because they're cheaper), but i truly haven't heard of Americans going to countries w/national healthcare for medical treatments. (because of the wait) did you know that Hawaii had state run child health care for about 7 months and they stopped it because it didn't work?

Hot Air Blog Archive Shock: People take advantage of free government health care

people figure if the lazy ass next door (drug user/dealer) is getting free health care and I'm footing the bill for it, why the hell should i pay for my insurance........ill just drop it and get the freebies too. and that's just what did happen, and what will happen if national healthcare is put in place.that's wrong but also true.

heard an interview w/a doctor and one w/a senator from Hawaii talking about it just last week, on the news. medicaid and medicare are gov run and those are working just swell aint they? if you say they are then you either haven't applied for caid since it was privatized, and you prob aren't old enough that medicare is an issue for you. as far as medicaid goes, if they'd just drug and alcohol test every person (randomly) who receives it each month then the money would surely be freed up from thousands of people who need to get off their backs from birthing babies, going to jail, doing and selling drugs, not working and not paying taxes. I'm not talking about everyone on caid, but a good lot of em. not hearsay............where i work i see these slackers every day. and don't get me started on the illegals getting benefits created for American citizens. no matter how you put it................ILLEGAL is ILLEGAL. and don't jail em...........we'd still be feeding, housing, and treating them medically. they need to leave this country or become legal and get jobs, and pay taxes