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by Ecclesiastes on November 23rd, 2009

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Guys, if national health care is enacted in the US, should mandatory paternity testing be part of it or not? Please give your reasons.

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  • by harlekkin on November 25th, 2009

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    I'm also not quite sure how you draw a connection between health care and paternity testing. No, the two have absolutely nothing to do with each other as such.

    Here's an example of how great national health care works:

    I live in Australia and was mugged last year here in Sydney. 5 guys beat me up pretty decently and took everything off me including keys, money and my phone.
    When I did find somebody who could help me, they immediately called the police and ambulance.
    After the incident I went to hospital and got checked out, luckily all was OK. Though I didn't have my medicare card on me, they looked me up in the system and everything was taken care of. They even didn't charge me anything for staying at hospital during the early morning hours and paid for my taxi home.

    A month later I got a bill from the ambulance, which was meant to be $600 minus $300 from the government national medicare scheme. Because I had additional private insurance, my insurance paid for the outstanding amount and I had to pay $0.

    What's wrong with that? Nothing.
    I can go and see a doctor when I need to and won't have to pay an arm & a leg.
    When I lived in the US I was told not to even worry about seeing a doctor if I had no insurance, wow that's really comforting - better make sure you stay healthy and don't get beat up!

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    • Did they run any tests on you that turned up negative, just to make sure?
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      Of course they did.
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      THAT is the connection.
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      Ecclesiastes

      by Ecclesiastes on November 25th, 2009

    • In that case your question is a bit misleading.
      I went to hospital with a list of injuries and symptoms, based on that there were "recommended" checks like x-rays and eye tests that had to be done. I'm not sure they were "mandatory" and certainly no one could force me to get an X-ray done if I had any objections, it was done because I asked for it and because it was the best thing to do in my situation.

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      Your questions draws negativity towards national health care, as you seem to connect "mandatory" checks to it. Health care as a system accessible to everyone, and practicing health care are two completely separate things.

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      I don't see why paternity checks couldn't be mandatory now without public health care, just like they are trying to enforce mandatory flu-shots for certain staff of the medical system. Regardless, it has nothing to do with the type of system in use.

      harlekkin

      by harlekkin on November 26th, 2009

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