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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (259960)9/11/2003 4:59:11 PM
From: Freedom Fighter  Read Replies (1) of 436258
 
KT,

Haven't given the subject much thought, but I would guess that socialized medicine would make it more likely that:

1. A higher percentage of the population will get adequate health care, but few of us will get superior health care unless a private sector black market for health care forms.

2. Fewer potentially brilliant doctors and other health care providers, researchers etc... (that value money and helping people) will actually choose that field. Instead they will become stockbrokers that recommend stocks at 40x earnings and become frequent guests on Kudlow and Cramer.

3. Because of #1 and changes in behavior among potential health care providers (as in example #2), we will get more medicine per dollar, more evenly spread medicine per person, but less net value per dollar because of government inefficiency and mandate and the removal of the profit motive.

I think it's a matter of personal preference about which you would like to have.
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