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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Road Walker who wrote (9771)	9/23/2009 10:19:36 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) of 42652

Then why haven't they done it? I can't answer this with certainty but I think I know: As with every election, there will be one or more issues that become "hot buttons" for the candidates. Sometimes it is fixing Social Security, sometimes it runaway inflation, or high taxes. This time, it was health care. Most people in the country have no problem with their current health care arrangement. It only became an issue when the campaign became about health care. Everyone starts hearing Obama talk about how we need reform and now, suddenly, everyone wants reform. Why hasn't it happened? Because 3 years ago nobody was worrying about this problem. Only after the campaign began did anyone care about it. How do you get them to do it? You want the Feds to force it? Why doesn't Obama draft an agreement then call up all the state governors and say, "Hey, we could really increase competition and reduce prices in your state if you would sign on to this agreement"? Then let them go back and get their legislatures on board. I doubt you need any legislative action at the federal level. The problem, right now, is that Obama is not trying to create competition, he's trying to do away with it.

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