President Donald Trump - J.D. Vance Administration

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Vol8188 said:
A meaningless phrase the left has been throwing around for years
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It's strange. The patient has to be proactive. My DR always tells me **** I need to be doing differently. That is proactive health care. If ignore it that's on me. My insurance rewards, through greater coverage, on proactive things like screenings, physicals, and consultations
 
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MOOOOONEY said:
1. Would a complete overhaul of the current new drug approval process by the FDA lower prescription drug prices? 10-12 years of research and development adds a lot costs.

2. How would single payer healthcare care be funded? Would a new tax be added like Medicare? Would a young healthy person that may only need to see a doctor once or twice a year be taxes at the same rate as someone who has chronic health conditions?
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I’m positive the FDA could streamline their processes, but testing drugs for effectiveness and long-term SE just takes time, no way around that in many ways.

It would be a tax. For example, in Canada the average Canadian spends a little over $7000 per capita on healthcare costs through their payor system. In the US we spend close to $14,000 per capita between premiums and out of pocket costs. Their system is built for the entirety of the population to share the burden, and a huge majority of us will require major medical care at some point, so trying to get a discount while your healthy isn’t how it works. It’s built for all, and it’s built not to bankrupt people when they have a stroke, or require a AAA repair, or have a car accident, etc.
 
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hog88 said:
I don’t disagree with you on any of this. We do have problems.

Question- how do you suggest we transition from reactionary to proactive?
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Stop allowing people to get rich for treating the sick and make people rich for keeping the population healthy. Also, removing non-clinical people from leadership positions in healthcare. Too many MBAs walking around corporate healthcare offices… way too many.
 
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volfanhill said:
It's strange. The patient has to be proactive. My DR always tells me **** I need to be doing differently. That is proactive health care. If ignore it that's on me. My insurance rewards, through greater coverage, on proactive things like screenings, physicals, and consultations
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Your insurance provides window dressings… how much reduced cost can you earn with your insurance, currently? Specifically, what can you do to get a discount, and how much is it?
 
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OHvol40 said:
Your insurance provides window dressings… how much reduced cost can you earn with your insurance, currently? Specifically, what can you do to get a discount, and how much is it?
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Well my upcoming colonoscopy is free. I assume that's bc they would rather pay for that then help pay for colon cancer. I'd have to do more digging to answer in full
 
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Curious what everyone thinks.. How’s this presidency looking so far? Do you think Trump has done anything that actually helps young people, especially with tech and AI moving so fast? Do you think he even thinks about that stuff/has time to consider it? Or is that even something a president should worry about?

I'm not a socialist, don't attack me lol... I've been commission only since I left the grocery store at the age of 19 🤣. I'm just asking, does an 80 year old man have any thoughts about 25's and below? I'm 30 and I make pretty good money; but it just evaporates even while living within means. What's the future for the younger gen going to look like? I don't even know how someone making less than $25 and hour survives without a 2nd income or a working spouse. I just really feel like the political party as a whole needs a injection of youth and I really hope JD or someone around his age can win the Election next time around. I've been alive for 30 years and not one time has a President been within 10 years of my Parents age.

I've voted for DJT 3 times; but I'm starting to feel like he gives us 2 promises to keep up on the hook and then let's us fight in the water without reeling those promises in... Right before we get off that hook he throws out some more bait to let us forget about the previous attractions. I love the Entrepreneur past, I think he's a great leader considering what options we had to choose from.. I never really followed Charlie Kirk, nor any political content creators; but he really did seem to have an appeal to him after watching hours of content post assassination.

I know he's focused on America's borders and protecting our citizens, Peace Keeping across the World, and Escalators and Teleprompters; but what about the Youth? I'm truly curious because I'd love to be able to study more on this-- What is this Party doing to help your Kids/Grandkids future in America (outside of border/ICE).
 
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Vol423 said:
Who gives a damn about the distance to a French territory. A French Territory is NOT France. If you want to include it in the total area of France, it adds almost nothing.
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It is France though. French overseas territories are considered France, their people are French and they have representation in Parliament. I was mistaken about NC being under the same program as the rest of France. It has a similar setup that's managed separately. Other French Overseas Departments are under the same plan as France though, so coverage from the Caribbean to Europe to the Indian Ocean is a pretty big scale, bigger than the US.
 
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luthervol said:
My 3 kids all did exceedingly well in public schools. Much better than most all of the local private school kids.

If you look at the numbers.
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I believe you.

Your daughters benefited from a remarkably conducive and supportive environment at home - they would have done just as well in private school.
 
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Vol8188 said:
As a PA in America, my salary is almost exactly the same as the average MD in family practice in Canada.

No thanks.
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Canada also only recognizes a BSN RN (no LPNs, no ASN RNs) to standardize pay rates..We would immediately be effed because so many of our nurses in the US do not hold a BSN or higher…and we are already short without throwing all that into the mix….so that they can standardize pay which is determined by the ‘health official’… ummm no…
 
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EasternVol said:
It is France though. French overseas territories are considered France, their people are French and they have representation in Parliament. I was mistaken about NC being under the same program as the rest of France. It has a similar setup that's managed separately. Other French Overseas Departments are under the same plan as France though, so coverage from the Caribbean to Europe to the Indian Ocean is a pretty big scale, bigger than the US.
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Population wise?
 
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OHvol40 said:
I’m positive the FDA could streamline their processes, but testing drugs for effectiveness and long-term SE just takes time, no way around that in many ways.

It would be a tax. For example, in Canada the average Canadian spends a little over $7000 per capita on healthcare costs through their payor system. In the US we spend close to $14,000 per capita between premiums and out of pocket costs. Their system is built for the entirety of the population to share the burden, and a huge majority of us will require major medical care at some point, so trying to get a discount while your healthy isn’t how it works. It’s built for all, and it’s built not to bankrupt people when they have a stroke, or require a AAA repair, or have a car accident, etc.
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Every American citizen would be taxed?

Would this be a flat tax?

Who would administer universal healthcare? I’m assuming there would be no more Cigna or blue cross and blue shield?
 
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EasternVol said:
It is France though. French overseas territories are considered France, their people are French and they have representation in Parliament. I was mistaken about NC being under the same program as the rest of France. It has a similar setup that's managed separately. Other French Overseas Departments are under the same plan as France though, so coverage from the Caribbean to Europe to the Indian Ocean is a pretty big scale, bigger than the US.
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It was silly of him to make it about geographic expanse. Canada is bigger than the United States, with 1/10 the population.

France is a decent comp to the US - large, developed, prosperous nations with diverse demographics. But it’s still 1/5 the population.

The US would be a different animal imo.
 
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85SugarVol said:
I believe you.

Your daughters benefited from a remarkably conducive and supportive environment at home - they would have done just as well in private school.
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The point is that many public schools are just as good or better than many private schools.

If Private School A has better average scores on the ACT/SAT than Public School B, it in NO WAY means A is offering a better education than B.
Anyone who would draw that conclusion from that data is probably not doing a very good job at home of educating their children.
 
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