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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Lane3 who wrote (23265)2/28/2012 1:11:07 PM
From: Brumar891 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
FDR forced people to sell their gold to the federal government. But that wouldn't be "theft" strictly speaking, I guess. Obama coerced the GM bondholders to accept less than they would have gotten in bankruptcy, but that wouldn't be "theft" either probably.

Not much of a point to argue here I think. What a horror if people use theft when there's no gun involved or something.

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As for you being glad if church affiliated hospitals close or are sold, you don't have to go to one now, you know.

That's not exactly so. In an emergency, you most likely don't get a choice. And the option to go elsewhere is being constrained by the Church aggressively buying up extant hospitals and converting them. That's a power play, as well. If the Church stuck to single hospitals in big cities, or to charity hospitals, I don't think there would be this kind of backlash.

Every power play begets a reaction. That works both ways. If folks would just leave well enough alone, we could all get along.

I guess it's good if the government forces churches out of health care so you don't have to run the risk of being taken to one in an emergency.

Re the "backlash" though, it's good you admit there's an anti-religious motive involved in all this.

As for those bossy Catholics barging into the hospital arena, isn't it the advent of Obamacare thats driving hospital consolidation?
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