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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Road Walker who wrote (2890)11/14/2007 11:00:42 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42652
 
You might consider it a bad argument (I don't but I'm sure you do) but its not a circular one. It isn't relying on its own conclusion as a premise, even if it has an unstated premise that you disagree with.



To: Road Walker who wrote (2890)11/14/2007 1:11:08 PM
From: Lane3  Respond to of 42652
 
Plus, larger volume equals lower cost per unit...

That works for products, for services, not so much.

I'm sort of getting tired of the circular argument...

And I'm getting tired of the lack of focus. <g>

What I said is valid, all other things being equal. You introduced a new factor, the elimination of the insurance element. That has nothing to do with the universality thread, which was the topic at hand. I've already agreed with you that reform is needed in the clutter of insurance vehicles. That would be a cost saver. But it's peripheral to the universality matter.



To: Road Walker who wrote (2890)11/15/2007 8:31:18 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 42652
 
Plus, larger volume equals lower cost per unit..

How so? If one nurse takes care of 40 patients instead of 6, is that what you mean?

If hospital rooms are converted to wards, is that what you mean?

Medicine as wholesale, rather than retail?

Lovely.