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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (263622)	5/7/2008 9:43:24 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

You do what you can and you work out the messy parts over time. This is the approach that fixes most messy problems in the real world. The "basic" health care is like the "poverty line" or "median income". It is not a static item, but a moving target that has to be evaluated every few years. If you are willing to commit to a proper framework for public healthcare, then the rest is just details that can be worked out over time. And yes there will be mistakes from time to time and the sentiments may shift from one extreme to another every few years, but that is no different than any other public process and over time it will work itself out for the better.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (263622)	5/7/2008 10:10:10 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 281500

"But rationing out end of life care?" This SHOULD be rationed, by someone not connected to the family involved. When my own mother passed, I saw the waste involved here. Given time, I understood it WAS a waste, that helped no one, least of all my mom. Strict triage should be applied. Is the patient likely to survive? How many years? Do you know that the Japanese, who have national health care, have TWICE the MRI machines per capita that we have? The co-pay for this service in Japan is $98.