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To: Orcastraiter who wrote (11263)	7/13/2004 10:02:14 AM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

We need to get rid of the private insurance business. And replace it with what? A highly efficient, national, single-payer system run by bureaucrats in Washington? What have you been smoking? You want to blame it all on the insurance companies and then replace them in the system with one big nationalized health insurance monopoly? Why would a government monopoly be any better than a competitive marketplace in efficiently delivering quality health care? Because it would be subject to the whim -oops- oversight of politicians? LOL. You really SHOULD have studied Marxism a little more carefully. Then socialism and its other variants - political-economic systems built on the badly flawed assumption that central planning works better than free markets.

To: Orcastraiter who wrote (11263)	7/13/2004 12:29:12 PM
From: Selectric II	Respond to of 90947

If we got rid of all the John Edwards's, the healthcare system would be well on its way to good health. The malpractice insurance premiums are driving prices up for everybody, and are driving many doctors out of business altogether. Part of the problem with the Canadian system is that many Canadian doctors have left Canada in search of the big money. Doctors make more money in the US. The few remaining US doctors will go elsewhere or will get out of the profession altogether. The schooling, continuing education, and hours are too grueling for the meager rewards of a socialized system. People from all over the world come to the US for health care, because we are cutting edge. Your arguments about insurance and socialization could be applied to every industry in the country, you socialist.

To: Orcastraiter who wrote (11263)	7/17/2004 8:23:19 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

All I know is that my Canadian friends love their healthcare system. I think we already disposed of that. Part of the problem with the Canadian system is that many Canadian doctors have left Canada in search of the big money. LOL!!!! Thank you. Capitalism does work better, yes. What would you have the Canadian gov't do? Enslave doctors so they can't leave for better opportunities? Do you disagree that the current healthcare system in the US is broken? No. Get rid of that shopping cart, get a job, do some useful work, and you might get the benefits too.