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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Lane3 who wrote (3558)1/3/2008 11:13:51 AM
From: Mary Cluney  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
<<<Seems to me that the answer would be to send the skinned knees elsewhere while treating all the real emergencies. Turn away from the emergency room the non emergencies rather than turning away the uninsured.>>>

I will agree with you that currently we do not have the means to treat everyone. Triage is the answer.

But the long term trend in advanced societies is to set our goals to treat everyone. We are not there yet, but we will get there. Why fight the trend? The direction is clear.
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