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To: Lane3 who wrote (16101)	4/5/2006 11:37:51 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) of 541518

The real tragedy for our nation is that any politician who holds the values of liberty that our founders held would be soundly defeated in today's political arena. You would hope so, since the times do change. It's not the late 18th century any longer (irony widget here). The best frame to use to think about universal health insurance is a social policy one, not a rights one. There are two other bases, in my view: a moral one and a self interested one. The moral one is that we are clearly a wealthy enough society to provide health care for everyone with minimal sacrifice. The self interested one is the importance of reducing contagious diseases and the hope that providing better medical care reduces the much more expensive use of emergency rooms. Just my thoughts.

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