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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Lane3 who wrote (3382)12/19/2007 11:50:08 AM
From: Mary Cluney   of 42652
 
<<<what remains is to define the tipping point of each extreme and not go past them.>>>

I think you hit this one out of the park (worth repeating) and should end the nonsense.

<<<I would submit that, on the one side, that we aren't going to get rid of Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP. This country isn't going to give up medical assistance to the old, young, and poor. It's also not going to stop providing emergency treatment to all comers. Ain't gonna happen and advocating same is over the top reactionaryism.

On the other side, I would submit that treating free, comprehensive health benefits as a human or Constitutional right is likewise over the top. No sound legal or moral basis for that has ever been demonstrated and it's economically unsound.

The discussion needs to occur between those extremes. >>>

Of course that is not going to happen.

On the one side you have these zealots pitching their POV with a well coordinated and almost religious fervor.

On the other side, we are not coordinated. We have our little differences, but we think that universal health care is a different proposition. A dozen or more economically advanced countries have actually put into practice the free comprehensive health benefits model.

The results so far are not conclusive. Imo, these models need improvement, but it is not a disaster. We can learn from their experience.
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