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

To: Road Walker who wrote (3399)	12/20/2007 7:33:21 PM
From: gg cox	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

<<<If the US paid $5 for a loaf of bread and the rest of the world paid $2.50 for a loaf of read wouldn't you think something was out of whack? Wouldn't you think it should be corrected?>>> The gasoline analogy works also.Americans have been getting a deal with gasoline for tens of years.This has not been corrected????? money.cnn.com As usual, CNN ignores their northern neighbour because it seems we just do not exist in some American minds. 1 US gallon costs $4.23 Canadian at par (3.785 litres times $1.12 per litre) eia.doe.gov

To: Road Walker who wrote (3399)	12/21/2007 3:00:18 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

"it's a d..n good assumption " Only in an alternate reality. In the real world it is a terrible assumption. People cannot legislate themselves free services without someone paying for it. Incentive to become a doctor can suffer which will soon cause a decrease in the quality of doctors. Funding for medical research would fall which would cause a dramatic decrease in the rate of medical innovation. Entire countries can temporarily shift the research costs to a richer country that chooses to accept the burden for a time. Eventually the US will decline to pay for the whole world's benefit either because we choose not to or because our economy cannot afford to. "If the US paid $5 for a loaf of bread and the rest of the world paid $2.50 for a loaf of read wouldn't you think something was out of whack? " YES! and I would want to stop subsidizing the rest of the world.

To: Road Walker who wrote (3399)	12/21/2007 12:12:01 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

But it's a damn good assumption No it isn't. since you have so many examples You don't have so many examples. You have 1 on one side of the issue. Then you have 1 each of a number of different types of systems. Even if you combine all the others its only about a dozen which is a far cry from "so many examples". If the US paid $5 for a loaf of bread and the rest of the world paid $2.50 for a loaf of read wouldn't you think something was out of whack? If the loafs where identical maybe. Medical care isn't a simple commodity.