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Politics : President Barack Obama

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To: koan who wrote (71699)	3/30/2010 11:28:21 AM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (1) of 149317

There is are real questions as to whether the societies (I assume you mean Western Europe or the Euro Countries) that provide a lot of cradle to grave benefits can continue on their present course and survive economically in this globally competitive world without some drastic modifications to their welfare state model. In our country their are two debates. One is an ideological one involving the individual's freedom and forcing them to pay for a benefit (the lawsuits by the AG's). The other is more about the implementation of the policy and whether we will be able to afford it, and if so, how much. The problem is our taxing model is not that of a social welfare state. That's my concern--more the nuts and bolts of the implementation of the policy. We can't do everything as a nation and afford unlimited healthcare coverage--especially for older people. As life expectancies extend and medical technology improves--the health care bills go up. Given that the percentage of our population that is aging is increasing--to make the model of universal covergage work--rationing is rational response. People don't like it, but then they don't like going broke either.

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