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To: GST who wrote (199488)	5/2/2009 7:17:57 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (5) of 306849

The simple fact is that on a national scale we have a horrible 'system' that delivers mediocre health care at an astronomical cost The health care isn't mediocre. It is the best in the world. And it isn't a close race. Yes, it is more expensive. When you get the best health care in the world you have to expect it to cost more. and that cost is heading to the moon in coming years unless we make fundamental changes. Yes, this is correct. And if those changes involve covering 10-15 Million (that's right -- not 45 Million) people who currently don't have insurance available to them, then one of two things has to happen -- a) The cost must go up, or b) The quality must go down. In addition to the cost in dollars, we have a 'system' that absolutely screws a huge number of people who have done nothing to deserve being screwed. What on earth are you talking about? We are going bankrupt because we can't get beyond the political and ideological crap and create a workable system of universal health care -- lets get on with it before it really is too late. So, you think "universal health care" -- covering more people -- is the solution to increasing costs. Do you know how insane that suggestion is? It would appear to me that you've bought into the liberal lie that American health care is bad (when it is the best available anywhere) and that somehow, you can save money by covering more people with free insurance. American health care is expensive for two basic reasons: a) It is the best in the world, and b) American health care subsidizes the rest of the world's health care because they can't pay for it on their own. When they're talking about "Swine Flu", you don't hear France or Great Britain or Canada doing anything about it. It is the CDC. An American institution. When you look at drugs like Tamiflu, they were developed in New Jersey, not in London or Paris. I urge everyone who is not knowledgeable about this subject (that would be you) to find out something about it. One you get socialized medicine, it is too late to take it back -- we're stuck with it. And your government will be deciding (as Great Britain's did recently) not to provide the best treatments for cancer in someone whom you know, because it is just too expensive.

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