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

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (3222)	12/12/2007 9:48:41 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

providing a safety net in terms of health care to all citizens of this country. Maybe it would be helpful if you defined how you're using "safety net." To me "safety net," which I fully support, means that we don't leave people bleeding in the street or gasping for breath from emphysema. OTOH, since you are offended by the suggestion that the poor could get some dental work done via dental schools, that you are looking to providing identical medical treatment to the poor to that available to the rich. Just what do you mean by safety net? Are you talking about appendectomy or are you proposing universal orthodonture on Park Avenue at the taxpayers' expense? Please define your term. Plutocrats using their allies in this country spread fear to insure that their privileges not only remain undiminished but also to promote the notion that increasing the disparity is a good thing. That's way over the top. Even if it weren't, a plutocrat is not the same thing as a capitalist. I don't see any plutocrats here.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (3222)	12/12/2007 11:54:53 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 42652

As I thought about this dispute it finally sunk in that you were comparing my comment about people having access to medical care in schools to medical research. Taken in that context I feel that I have over reacted. I hope that you now understand that I was not intending to suggest that anyone in our society should have to settle for substandard care. I do wonder if you recognise that in socialized medical system the standard of care available to those without influence inside the system falls to what is available a free or reduced cost in a capitalist system.