This Oct. 8, 2010 file photo shows the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court at the Supreme Court in Washington. Seated from left are Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, and Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Standing, from left are Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito Jr., and Elena Kagan. The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 28, 2012, upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP
If you are one of those who was happy with the Supreme Court's decision regarding Obamacare, I doubt you comprehend what you're celebrating.
We've lived in two countries with government-run, socialized medicine. We witnessed a friend suffer total blindness for months waiting for her turn for the 15 minute cataract operation. When I had a reoccurring case of shingles, the only way I could get in for immediate care, which is critical when treating the ailment, was because we had our own American insurance and they accepted it.
If you welcomed the decision, you need to realize how much more it will be costing for this "free" medical care, if you are lucky enough to get it when you need it.
Grace G. Jones
Provo
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Ummmm.... How does mandating that everyone have insurance and outlawing the denying of insurance to those with pre-conditions completely change our health care system from a privatized/capitalistic system to a socialized system?
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Was your bad experience caused by it being "government-run, socialized medicine," or was it caused by the system being woefully underfunded? I can guarantee you that the country you are referencing spends less than half of what we spend per More..
Well Ms Jones. You certainly have provided personal anecdotal evidence.
I was sitting with a couple of Canadians the other day and they were very pleased with their medical. Yes, it is anecdotal also.
How about some More..