As the health care debate in the US heats up, RT’s Dina Gusovsky speaks to Democrat Howard Dean and Republican Ron Paul to get a sense of where they stand in the health care battle. Both are doctors, both politicians, and both think they know how to fix health care. But what do the American people really want?
Universal Health Care in the UK Explained – Educational Video. Charley has the workings of the National Health Service explained to him. NHS. National Health Service Act. National Health Service Scheme. This item is part of the collection: British Government Public Information Films. Director: Halas & Batchelor. Production Company: Halas & Batchelor. Keywords: National Health Service; NHS. Introduction to the British National Health Service. This is an excellent visual aid for anyone teaching modules on the early NHS in Britain. It’s an entertaining cartoon that provides a thorough introduction to the orignal aims of the NHS. Universal health care is health care coverage which is extended to all citizens, and sometimes permanent residents, of a governmental region. Universal health care programs vary widely in their structure and funding mechanisms, particularly the degree to which they are publicly funded. Typically, most health care costs are met by the population via compulsory health insurance or taxation, or a combination of both. Universal health care systems require government involvement, typically in the forms of enacting legislation, mandates and regulation. In some cases, government involvement also includes directly managing the health care system, but many countries use mixed public-private systems to deliver universal health care. In the 1880s, most citizens in Germany became covered under the mandatory health care system championed by Otto von Bismarck. The …
Ron Paul has been sticking with his principles and following the U.S. Constitution ever since he came into congress in 1976.
tHEY SHOULD BE SCREAMING FOR JOBS SO THEY CAN GET THEIR OWN INSURANCE! REDUCE THE COST OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND CREATE JOBS! DUMMIES NOTHING IS FREE YOU GUYS….GET SOME KNOWLEDGE…YOU WILL PAY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. FREE OR ENSLAVED! RON PAUL 2012
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Then the only thing I can say is good for you, and go for it.
That’s cool, that’s an opinion, but I will make a wager on that, If Ron Paul Get’s into Office he won’t be a sell out, He will stick to his principles, and Even If only the one thing he can do, which is using the executive branch to bring our troops home, That in itself will be worthwhile. Yea, I can put my money where my Mouth is, and My mouth is my tool to spread the message of liberty, and to tell as many ppl as I know vote Ron Paul 2012!!!
Ron Paul and the other politicians who voted against the bailout should be applauded. Now, I can agree with a lot of the things Mr. Paul says. If Mr. Paul is ever elected president, then I want to see if he will stand by his words, and will he stand up against the power elite and not whimper like Obama.
O.k. first let me respond to the quote, yes, it is the minority who knows whats going on, but the minority can’t put Ron Paul in office. Will the majority of voters vote for Ron Paul, I doubt it.
Yes, President Obama did lie, compared to his campaign speeches. Just like all politicians, they serve who pays their campaign funds. Elections are ran on money. Mr. Obama wasn’t strong enough to stand up to the elites, such as corporation and banks. Mr. Paul will be no different.
Ron Paul and the other politicians who voted against the bailout should be applauded. Now, I can agree with a lot of the things Mr. Paul says. If Mr. Paul is ever elected president, then I want to see if he will stand by his words, and will he stand up against the power elite and not whimper like Obama.
O.k. first let me respond to the quote, yes, it is the minority who knows whats going on, but the minority can’t put Ron Paul in office. Will the majority of voters vote for Ron Paul, I doubt it.
Yes, President Obama did lie, compared to his campaign speeches. Just like all politicians, they serve who pays their campaign funds. Elections are ran on money. Mr. Obama wasn’t strong enough to stand up to the elites, such as corporation and banks. Mr. Paul will be no different.
“It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.” – Samuel Adams
President Obama had Honesty, he had Integrity to my knowledge until he lied, and He even went against his own positions. Those traits which I hoped he had, are not traits he has, HE HAS LIED COUNTLESSLY. Obama votes with the bankers in mind.. near, is not never
The one who you just called an Idiot voted against giving corporate interests a bailout, and voted against TARP, and all forms of corporate-ism. don’t just take my word, look at his voting record, he doesn’t support any mix of business with government (including the Healthcare bill) He’s also been urging his colleagues in congress to stop wars since he’s been office! look it up! Ron Paul is no Idiot, he called the financial crashes, he know’s to not tread on peoples liberty
Yes! OK Mr. Paul is Mr. integrity and Mr. Honesty, but so what, none of those traits matter in America’s political system. For example, Mr. Obama has Honesty and integrity as traits as well, but he is a failure. Now Barack is not Ron, they’re two different men, maybe Ron would change things, we would have to wait and see. It’s near impossible to change a political system controlled by corporations and financial institutions whose only motivation is profit.
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You are right, it’s all about money, but slowly but surly Ron Pauls money-bombs of WE THE PEOPLE see his honesty, and his integrity and his principal, the question becomes, ‘when’ instead of ‘if’. We raise the $ for him. Ron Paul’s stance’s have never changes, and his suporters keep growing, and if you want to see real “Change” you would have to learn the business cycle, sound monetary policy and foreign policy, then Ron Paul is obviously your vote- RON PAUL 2012
There are so many countries you can move to to get free health care. Why screw up Amerika?
Go do your own research. Go look at Ron Paul’s track record and you’ll see for yourself that he has never took any money from special interest and that he has always stood up for the american people and the U.S. constitution as well the principle upon which this country and nation was founded by our foudning fathers such as Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, George Washington, etc.
Go do your own research. Go look at Ron Paul’s track record and ytu’ll see for yourself that he has never took any money from special interest and that he has always stood up for the american people and the U.S. constitution as well the principle upon which this country and nation was founded by our foudning fathers such as Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, George Washington, etc.
How do you know? The big word is “if” he becomes president. What makes you so sure that he will do the things he says, you underestimate the power of special interest, who really run your country. Just like I said before honor and integrity doesn’t matter in American politics, it is all about money, and the ones who have it are the ones who control politics.
You are a stupid idiotic moron. Ron Paul is a truely sincere and honest man. He is pro-U.S. Constitution. Once he is president he will do exactly what he say he is going to do, because he is not like all the other politicians in Washington D.C. He will restore the U.S.A back to its former glory by giving the american people back their country and nation. Ron Paul is the man who can turn this country around in a good positive direction before its too late.
Ron Paul/Thomas Jefferson for President!! 2012!!
Ron Paul 2012
OK, lets give Paul an applause, for voting against the bailout, but it didn’t matter Wall Street got the bailout anyway. Now to answer your second response, OK Mr. Paul may be principled and all that good stuff, but just like I said in my previous response that doesn’t matter in the America political game. For you to say that Mr. Paul will stand up to special interest is speculation, you don’t know and I don’t know.
I just read the first post. Ron Paul voted against the bail out and strongly advocated against it; don’t treat Ron Paul like a neocon. Ron Paul is a consistent principled person. He has, like you, suggested stopping the war and using the funds to make Medicare and Social Security solvent. Do your research on the guy first; don’t just spew angry rants
No, voting record matters a lot. Other presidents have always voted for bills that favor special interests, so it’s no surprise when they get elected and start to favor special interest.Ron Paul is “Dr No.” He is so principled that he has been saying the same thing for so many years even when saying the popular things could have won him the seat. Now people are coming around.Others are all about politics.Ron Paul is a doctor first.He couldn’t care less about special interest
How can you be so sure, how do you know Mr. Paul will stand up to special interest. The only way to find out if Mr. Paul will stand up to special interest is if the people will elect him. So, if the people elect Paul, then you can make a judgement, so until then your opinion is worthless. It doesn’t matter what Mr. Paul has done over 30 years, running for president is a whole different ballgame, and if you want to play you have to play by rules set by the elite.
Yeah just look at his voting record through over 30 years in Congress. He has always stood up to these people, and he is the only one that will if elected. Ron Paul talks and walks
Very educational – and this propaganda held up several decades later. The NHS is SO important to the UK way of life!
ive tried to reply to you 3 times and my text vanishes while writing it….ill keep trying…i’m not ignoring you
Oh, and if a person uses ‘freedom of speech’ to enact a hate crime, it is still a hate crime and should be punished irrespective of whats written down on a silly bit of paper. The written constitution against which everything is measured seems to cause more problems than it solves from my viewpoint.
All those ‘feedoms’ or ‘rights’ you mention above are not ones that us Brits would want as we are not a mad gun-toting conservative country, we are a proud Liberal sem-Socialist country where the idea of people being free to own guns without question would be viewed as abhorrent. We’re happy the way we are thank you.
im from germany and i definitely prefer our system
it does have to do with freedom…the freedom to protect ones life without the worry of going to prison for doing so…..like in the UK
to blow someones head of has nothing to do freedom
In terms of the US gun laws I don’t have a final opinion(im not a US citizen so I don’t rightfully need one) . different nation, different things to consider. The US was a frontier on its formation, therefore the protection of homesteads through deadly force was justified as being a constitutional right. And because of this historical context the present number of firearms in the US may mean that gun control isn’t realistic. It is a different case in the UK however.
statistically….”murders” by guns in the USA is minimal in relation to our 300 million population. As high as 40% of of the gun deaths are suicides …..the rest are police returning fire on armed criminals and citizens returning fire on burglers etc………..what is left over is actual “murders” by guns
You were talking in the context of the UK, so going on a tangent about the US drugs law is pointless.And the lower crime rates relate to social and economic reasons as-well. The limited supply of legal firearms in the UK means the black market is small and deaths by firearms are very low. legalising firearms would increase the number of homicides resulting from violent crime. A petty criminal poses more threat with a gun than with a knife or fists.
I respectfully still contend that the UK has less rights than the USA….(although we are losing more rights as the years pass) ………..the UK: .IE survelience cameras on every(?) street corner, virtually no gun rights for citizens, viewing freedom of speech as a “hate crime”….we even have the legal right to burn a koran or two if we feel like it…….actually the most extreme example would be walking around in a Ku KLux Klan costume
oh, you mean like the way “the war on illegal drugs” has worked in the USA? It has not. No law has ever prevented any criminal from obtaining anything they want. “Criminal” by it’s very nature means you do not obey laws and you go through non-conventional illegal channels to obtain illegal items….IE; heroin, cocaine, marajuana, guns, stolen goods. In the united states the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the FBI’s) own stats show that states with loose gun laws have less crime
Without gun control the criminal will be much more likely to have a gun himself. And the presence of a gun in a household decreases the safety of those living in it, through means of impulsive anger and accidental death.
so……if someone has you trapped in your home with very obvious intent to harm or kill you……..which would you prefer……(1) dialing up the cops and wait precious minutes for them to show up…or…..pull a gun and say to the criminal…(2) “if you don’t leave now, ill kill you where you stand”. I can absolutely guarantee you the later will have a much better outcome
And once again can I ammend your fallacy that the UK doesn’t have free speech which is a complete fallacy. Just look up Anjim Chaudri and see what speech he is allowed to get away with and that will prove you wrong. He’s on a par with Westboro Baptist Church.
The only time free speech aint allowed is if its racist hate speech or if its trying to incite riots or racist attacks or other acts of violence.
Again not true. A farmer was acquited of murder a few years ago when he shot and killed a burglar with his shotgun. But thats not important. Being able to lawfully shoot someone is not something to brag about or judge a nation by! I can shoot someone and you can’t so my countries better! Pathetic. I’m glad we are disarmed. But we were never “armed” in the first place! I cant believe your defence for the constitution being supreme is that you can lawfully “blow someones head off” Geez!
you have the “same rights as our constitution”…..I was under the impression that you can’t even defend yourself (in your home from burglers) without being arrested……..also, didn’t your government disarm most or all of its citizens. In the USA in many states if someone breaks into your home you can blow their heads off……no questions asked…….do you have such a freedom?
umm I do not think the poor in the usa were in the position to buy fancy homes, fancy cloths….and LOL swimming pools. I think you have been watching too many trashy American reality TV shows
are you serious?…….look up vietnam war protesters in washington DC on youtube……
actually….in the usa it is a crime to threaten anybody….doesn’t matter who it is. Freedom does not mean freedom to deprive another person of their rights,,,,,threaten them etc
That is not true for the UK. We have the same rights as your precious constitution its just we’ve existed more than 3-400 years so our political system evolved over time, rather than being changed suddenly in an event such as a revolution which would result in a written constitution like with the US. We don’t limit free speech at all though.
@IanWaters42
Excellent point!
@Theoneandonlysparky Canada does as well
Amen to that. I’m an American and UK does have better healthcare than us. I agree.
Dumb ass? Wow, what an obnoxiously vulgar response lol.
Isn’t that just under martial law?