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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Katelew who wrote (4003)1/18/2008 6:07:22 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
I don't have any specific reason to think you do or would favor nationalizing other industries.

I'm asking would eliminating profit and marketing in other industries also be a positive thing. You may say that you wouldn't do it because you can't think of any way to do it without nationalizing these industries, and you don't want such a nationalization, but I'm not asking should we nationalize to get such a benefit, I'm just asking would it be a benefit in your opinion?

To ask basically the same thing in a completely different way - Are corporate profit, and marketing expenses waste, or does one or both of these things actually produce some good for the money that goes in to them?

I ask the previous question in general terms. I'd like to see it answered in general terms, but whether there is some good for the money specifically in health care might also be an interesting question.

If profit and marketing costs are not waste, but actually useful or positive in some way in general, but not in health care, why is health care different in this specific area?

If OTOH profit and marketing expenses are not waste in the health care area, than it doesn't make sense to just look at their total as money that can easily or wisely be saved by eliminating these things.
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