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

To: Lane3 who wrote (4856)	2/24/2008 10:40:24 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

<<<Simple Question Defines Complex Health Debate>>> The Post writer got the complexity part right, but asked the wrong question. The question is "should we have universal health care like what every other advanced country on earth has or not?" If the answer is yes, how we get there and what is included is secondary.

To: Lane3 who wrote (4856)	2/24/2008 1:03:17 PM
From: gg cox	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

<<I'm posting this not for the politics because it analyzes some of the difficulties.>> The major theme in the article is who's paying for health care? How do you force the weasels.. ever increasing in numbers, to pay?They say i am young and i choose not to, as depicted in the video posted awhile back....here.. freemarketcure.com Do these weasels deserve to be rewarded with excellent care when struck with a heart attack or car accident and then get off the hook by bankruptcy, or just not paying? The solution is you make them all pay proportionally through the tax system...it is the only fair way to handle the swelling numbers of the free loaders. And good ol Americans can call it commie , socialist, against the "great morals of free enterprise" or whatever...it works.Look at the examples Message 24333958 And she forgot some..look at the replies.<g> Who's paying/ Message 24278618 In a wealthy country like Canada there is a lot of funding for Hospitals (for example) from private donations, insurance policies, in grants and wills ..leaving stock etc. as is also done in America...many individuals choosing to contribute ...definitely not freeloaders but philanthropists as in Gates and Buffet.