Steve's Barking; Americans don't know Jack about their Health Care

Popular myths about Health Care in the US of A.
1. Seniors have paid into Medicare.
No us seniors have only paid into hospitalization part of Medicare, doctors are paid 70% from the general fund and 30% we pay in Medicare part B. Then we still have to have extra insurance.
2 The call of wild wants all Veterans to have VA health coverage.
I hate to tell my fellow Americans but all us veterans are entitled to the VA for health care. Because of budget restrictions we are put into categories, my category is 8( meaning Incan only go to the VA if I'm dead). Any one over a category 5 has to pay, and if you have your own insurance that comes first.
3. People from countries that single payer are coming to America for health care.
In 2015 it was estimated that 60,000 people came to America for health care. That same year it was estimated that 600,000 Americans sought health care in a foreign country. That doesn't bode well for Americans health care.*
4. Canadians come to America to get faster service for elective surgery.
It can take three to six months for knee surgery, darn, I can't imagine how long it must take in Canada. Oh and if you insurance doesn't cover it, and you don't have the money you're not getting it at all.

* Doesn't anybody know of health care tourism?
The estimates come from adding up claims from, India, Indonesia, Panama, Israel, and even Mexico.
Coming to America for health care estimates are from the State Department.

America is losing hospital beds, Wer're losing doctors because we're not training. We pay our interns from Medicare and Medicaid, and we're cutting back to save money.
America try to be competitive by putting one hand behind its back and having industries pY for employees health care.