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

To: Lane3 who wrote (3897)	1/16/2008 8:12:56 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

1)Only a small portion of Americans, maybe five percent or so, don't have access to health care. Remember, not all Americans who don't have insurance don't have access to health care. Sure, that five percent likely has an impact on mortality stats, but that's not the same as being the "key" variable. Where does 5% come from? 2)Yes, health care is terribly expensive, but for those who are insured, even with high deductibles, life and death conditions get treated. Foregoing care for life and death conditions because of cost would be a smallish factor. Diabetes isn't life threatening unless it goes undiagnosed. Even many cancers are not life threatening unless there is a late diagnosis. Remember a lot of the health insurance policies that are a part of benefits these days ARE essentially catastrophic because the deductibles are so high. Out of the people that are "technically insured" there are a LOT of people who can't afford what we would consider normal, routine medical care. No, it's basic economics... if something costs twice as much fewer people will "buy" it. You've said as much when you talk about "free" medical care... more people will use it.