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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Road Walker who wrote (3399)12/21/2007 3:00:18 AM
From: Peter Dierks  Read Replies (2) of 42652
 
"it's a d..n good assumption "

Only in an alternate reality. In the real world it is a terrible assumption. People cannot legislate themselves free services without someone paying for it.

Incentive to become a doctor can suffer which will soon cause a decrease in the quality of doctors.

Funding for medical research would fall which would cause a dramatic decrease in the rate of medical innovation.

Entire countries can temporarily shift the research costs to a richer country that chooses to accept the burden for a time. Eventually the US will decline to pay for the whole world's benefit either because we choose not to or because our economy cannot afford to.

"If the US paid $5 for a loaf of bread and the rest of the world paid $2.50 for a loaf of read wouldn't you think something was out of whack? "

YES! and I would want to stop subsidizing the rest of the world.
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