Should Your Government Take Care of You, Or Allow You To Take Care of Yourself?

It would be nice if we can take care of ourselves, but unless you have a lot of money you cannot do it in the United States of America. The aged, poor, and/or underemployed may have Medicare or its equivalent in which case the government pays for at least a portion of your needs. If you are fortunate to be employed by a company that offers health insurance, you have more of a choice, but if the insurance company turns you down because it is not profitable for them, you are out of luck. My mother had a stroke early last month - she is employed by the school district as a school bus driver, and paid each month for health insurance, so it was taken care of. However, two other events happened: She developed a bladder infection and was prescribed medicine that caused another trip to the emergency room - it was suggested that she take another medication instead because of the side effects, but because of miscommunication between the ER and the doctor, no one would give her the necessary medicine without another trip to the ER and sitting for more hours (anyone who visited an ER will know what I'm talking about). It took a nurse from a group that goes to patients' homes for therapy to get the ball rolling, one week after the incident. And I can assure everyone one, bladder infections are not at all pleasant. Secondly, she had always complained about shoulder pain, and though she was gaining use of her left arm at a remarkable rate, - it was totally paralyzed right after the stroke - there was always pain there once she was starting to be able to move it - she was told it is normal for stroke victims. Saturday she had surgery. Her insurance would not cover it, so my sister took her to another hospital. It turns out she had a heart condition as well, and the insurance, that she was paying for, would not cover that as well as the stroke. She is doing very well now, thank you - though a few of us who can are going to have to pay a few thousand dollars ... So for my answer - if we are down on our luck, I hope the government would do something to save our lives (and not like they did to Terry Schiavo) ... But if we are paying for insurance, it is doctors, not the insurance company and their profit margins, who should determine the treatment necessary.

In China, almost time government allow ourself to take care of ourself.But they will take care ours when we meet big problem. Tell you the truth, we can't speak ill of goverment in China. We can only say something 300years ago.Beacuse they are all not here,we are safe.

Hello! In India the government of India and the state governments spends Crores of rupees for the health care of its citizens.They have established thousands of hospitals all over the country to provide medical facilities.It is the responsibility of the government to maintain good health of the population for accelerated growth in the economy.thanx.