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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Alighieri who wrote (14073)	3/7/2010 11:36:34 AM
From: Lane3	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) of 42652

I don't know of a single proponent of health care reform, including yous truly, that has "access" as you define it to justify health care reform. Then all those proponents should use a more apt word. "Access" is about being allowed entry. You have agreed that almost everyone has access "as I define it." Thus the word, which is used all the time by proponents, is hyperbole. Hyperbole used in the selling of any idea is disingenuous, at best. I consider it despicable. If the point is that people don't have health insurance, then it should be expressed that way, not that they don't have access. It's not the same thing. Not having access would be a worthy concern. No decent society could allow that. Not having insurance by choice or irresponsibility is not. To the extent that it's a concern at all, the solution is sure not to reward said choice or character flaw with insurance funded by the rest of us. There are some situations among that 46 million that warrant that largess. Rewarding the rest introduces all sorts of unintended consequences.

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