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To: Orcastraiter who wrote (12165)	7/25/2004 10:14:50 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 90947

And when was the last census taken? In 2000, of course. They're done at the beginning of each decade and at 10-year intervals. This is in the Constitution. Look it up. (Answer: More uninsured people today.) From 15% to over 50%? You don't mind if once again we ask you to back that up, do you? Of course you do. Because you can't. What the census does not talk about is the fact that many people are underinsured, have very high deductables, can't get care for certain ailments, have care and procedures dictated by HMO managers...not their doctor. Many people have health insurance for one thing only...a hedge against a catastrophic illness...only then can they pony up the deductable...right after they take a second mortgage on their home. Life's a bitch. Then you die. To put it differently, reality bites. We still don't intend to rearrange the world just for you. have care and procedures dictated by HMO managers You do know that most ordinary health insurance does this too, don't you? And you actually assume this WON'T be the case in a gov't run system? Except there you die and your Congresscritter gets your heart. a hedge against a catastrophic illness Gee, you can take care of ordinary medical expenses yourself. Did anyone ever tell you the world didn't owe you a living? 60% of Hispanics do not have health insurance, 48% of Blacks do not have health insurance Back it. In God we trust. All others present proof. This patch work quilt of health insurance that we operate on does not serve us...it enslaves us. LOL!!!! You are a piece of work, you know it? No I don't want to move to Cuba...so don't post that crap to me Dang! And I was going to offer to pay first class air fare if you promised never to return. All of the European countries have us beat in life expectancy by about 5 years. The difference here? Health care. Prove it. You can't think of other differences between Europe and the US that might account for this? I can think of several. When you have a position that is historically a low paid job, you're not going to get the most qualified folks for those jobs. I'll let you in on a little secret: I don't think it takes a genius to teach third grade. In fact, I think any high school grad in the upper half of the class could do it easily with a little expewrience. Claiming it takes a BS or BA to teach elementary school is one of the biggest con jobs pulled on this country. But if we do not make teacher salaries competitive with other professions what do you think will be the result over the long term? If we pay according to qualifications actually needed? They will fall. Women who were the traditional source of teachers are now more diverse with respect to their career goals. More women are choosing careers other than teaching. This has reduced the pool of available low paid good teachers. Well, you finally got something right. The problem is that the qualifications specified for most of the jobs were too high to start with. Mow make them realistic. A HS physics teacher is going to be expensive. A first grade teacher is going to be minimum wage. OK?