Dutch-EMT
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Following the plans of Obama on the news, I was a little bit shocked about the selfish opinion told by a few residents from a small town in the middle of the USA (Canton).
A Dutch tv-programma makes a report out of this town to follow the economic crisis and the changes with Obama as president.
A woman has to sell her house because she wasn't insured and had a heart-attack. The hospital bills she has to pay are about $50.000
With her husband unemployed they are bankrupted.
In the next report the tv-crew asked a woman on the street about the health insurance for everyone, as Obama wants to introduce.
The case of the first woman was explaned and her reaction was:"When they don't wanna pay for an insurance, then it's their own problem...
She didn't even think about the fact, that some people can't afford an insurance. I was realy surprised by this woman.
In the Netherlands we already have a health-insurance wich is for everyone the same and also an obligation. The people who don't earn enough get an addition from the government. This is an basic insurance. Hospital and ambulance-care, physician care, medicins are all included.
For dental care, maternity nursing, physiotherapy and other paramedic consults we can choose if we want to pay for it.
The health-insurance (basic) costs about €100,= ($145,=) a month.
With extra dental care it's about €110,= ($160,=)
The Dutch people think Obama has great plans!
How do paramedics and EMT's think about the plans of Obama?
You must see a lot of people without insurance who refuse to go to the hospital?
A Dutch tv-programma makes a report out of this town to follow the economic crisis and the changes with Obama as president.
A woman has to sell her house because she wasn't insured and had a heart-attack. The hospital bills she has to pay are about $50.000
With her husband unemployed they are bankrupted.
In the next report the tv-crew asked a woman on the street about the health insurance for everyone, as Obama wants to introduce.
The case of the first woman was explaned and her reaction was:"When they don't wanna pay for an insurance, then it's their own problem...
She didn't even think about the fact, that some people can't afford an insurance. I was realy surprised by this woman.
In the Netherlands we already have a health-insurance wich is for everyone the same and also an obligation. The people who don't earn enough get an addition from the government. This is an basic insurance. Hospital and ambulance-care, physician care, medicins are all included.
For dental care, maternity nursing, physiotherapy and other paramedic consults we can choose if we want to pay for it.
The health-insurance (basic) costs about €100,= ($145,=) a month.
With extra dental care it's about €110,= ($160,=)
The Dutch people think Obama has great plans!
How do paramedics and EMT's think about the plans of Obama?
You must see a lot of people without insurance who refuse to go to the hospital?