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

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (3310)	12/17/2007 9:43:23 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

However, that may be in conflict with your libertarian side of personality (sigh!!) My system instincts are stronger than my libertarian instincts. I would never put ideology above what works. I'm much too pragmatic. The reason I foster my inner libertarian, though, is that I discovered over time how inherently compatible it is with what actually works. Everybody wants health insurance and its benefits. Employers providing those benefits, which I'm sure seemed like a good idea at the time, are a huge part of the problem. Sure, people may want health insurance, but that's not the same as wanting employer-packaged, tax-advantaged health insurance, not if they're thoughtful and capable of differentiating.