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To: stockman_scott who wrote (228471)	4/24/2007 3:25:07 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Edwards is coming closer than the others on healthcare: - portable - required by law - choice of private or government - subsidized up to $100K in income - employers pay for it or pay into a fund - preventive care - no such thing as preexisting conditions - better records through technology - costs about $90B/year (less than the cost of Iraq) - paid for by eliminating Bush tax cuts for the ultrawealthy I see some basic holes but it's getting there: - does not address out-of-control costs of healthcare rising at 2-3 times the rate of inflation - should not be a private/public system as that has been shown to be less effective than a full public system --- that's what I've heard is the diff between UK and Canada but I don't know for sure - medical malpractice including the FDA's inability to keep lousy drugs off the market At least the conversation has begun in earnest. We are a long way from something workable. People have got to get off the private health insurance schtick and the insane cost spiral of an inefficient, money grubbing, ineffective system. Unless a candidate addresses COSTS, we'll never get this thing under control.

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