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

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (4709)	2/21/2008 11:48:47 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

My sense is that there are a sizable number of posts (and posters) on this thread that more then imply they will not support any government policy to reduce that number. That's so. But, just because they don't buy into your single payer solution doesn't mean they don't want to reduce the number. You refuse to acknowledge that there are multiple ways to skin the proverbial cat which causes you to unfairly attribute motives to people whose vision differs and tune out their solutions. my guess is that you would accept a practical solution that could reduce that number to somewhere near 3 million. I would favor any solution that makes health care available to everyone while not creating more problems than it solves. Unlike you, I am not invested in any particular solution. My only investment is my belief that single-payer, universal health care is not only a nuke on crabgrass, it is unfeasible long term. That I believe with certainty. Other than that, I'm receptive to proposals. No matter how you slice it, that number is too large. If the 46 million uninsured were the the 46 million richest and best educated people in the country, would you think the number too large?