Why USA can't have universal health care?!
Question:
Why USA can't have universal health care?
I just watched sicko by Michael Moore. Great movie but I just don’t understand why is so hard for the USA to have universal health care? Isn’t the drug company one way or other making a profit by selling their drugs to the government or private insurance company anyway? Maybe they can even jack up the price even more since we all know when government is paying we always add more to the price. Anyway I just don’t understand why USA can’t have universal health care or at least have the choice for poor people to have this and the richer people to choose have their own private health care system. In addition I would also like to know how this is possible: in the movie there was a case where a guy saw off his two fingers by accident, I thought in the case of emergency like this the hospital should re-attached both of his fingers no matter what, then after that tell him about the cost. I just don’t know how this works. Please help better understand these issues. Thank you!
Answers:
The quick and simple answer is that as long as health care is in private hands and certain individuals stand to make billions in profit from the illnesses of others we cannot have universal health care because it would hurt their bottom line. Some things are not meant to be a profit industry.