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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Alighieri who wrote (498215)7/26/2009 7:34:09 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 1578124
 
Al, thanks for the story, but I really don't think universal health care is going to solve the problems that you experienced when taking care of your father-in-law.

I suspect that everything that contributed to the three-inch-thick folder is a complex tale of "cover your ass" medicine, doctors who neither have the bandwidth nor the freedom to diagnose properly, and utter bureaucracy. I could be wrong, but that sort of stuff is all too common.

The reason why I'm cynical when it comes to universal health care is because it's being sold as a panacea to all of these problems and more. I could take the optimist viewpoint and say that as long as universal health care is inevitable, we might as well stay one step ahead of the curve and push for real solutions while we have the chance. But I think before we get to the promised land, we'll need to spend years in the desert figuring all of this stuff out.

Tenchusatsu
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