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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: D. Long who wrote (449077)10/4/2011 10:44:08 AM
From: skinowski  Read Replies (1) of 794012
 
That is just another false alternative. Either people get all medical care, or they get none and people will be "dying in the streets." What ever did people do before the middle of the last century and government intervention in healthcare? They must have been dropping like flies

They were cared for as charity cases. And that's more or less what I am proposing. 100 years ago it was easier - there were not many expensive treatments and procedures. Nowadays, we would have to actually create a new, less expensive level of care, which would involve many logistical, ethical and other dilemmas.

It's not always a matter of making poor choices in life - people do get into trouble for no fault of their own. You are right that somehow we managed to help them all through our history -- and, realistically speaking, we'll continue to do so. The problem we have is that we have wondered onto an unsustainable, unaffordable path... and that will have to be changed.
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