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

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (5988)	2/10/2009 6:36:34 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

But, the same demographic group pays for it. Most taxes are paid by people in the same demographic group that carries the high actuarial risk. True, and not a problem. All that is accomplished is shifting the decision making to unaccountable bureaucrats some of whom will abuse their power for personal reasons. That is a lose / lose proposition. Changing the subject. and bad things do happen to people who make GREAT health decisions. __________________________ That is called risk. It is actuarially calculable. None the less it's a whole part of one of the most regulated (gambling) industries in the world... spreading risk. You can't control your gene pool. _________________________________________ That is a whole different issue involving ethics and a lot more. It's not a different issue when you are basing health care premiums on your (or the industries) definition of their health decisions. Let me give an example.... Most studies say you could reduce a huge number of medical problems by at least 50% if people took a vigorous 3 mile walk every day. Should we have an insurance vehicle that offers dirt cheap health insurance for people that comply with the requirement? How about if you eat eggs for breakfast? 20 Years ago that was a death sentence, now it's considered a good thing. The bottom line IMHO is that insurance (gambling) should do what it was intended to do; spread risk.