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

To: Road Walker who wrote (7932)	7/31/2009 12:10:53 PM
From: skinowski	1 Recommendation Respond to of 42652

Obama counters that "nobody is talking about some government takeover of health care" A good hearted, well meaning takeover is still a takeover. What it looks like is exactly what it is. Here is an illustration of how UncleCare is going to be run - a recent publication from medicare WRT setting prices for services (don't try reading, just take a look -g): edocket.access.gpo.gov Wrt conspiracies and paranoia, here is a slightly off topic, but fun comment: youtube.com

To: Road Walker who wrote (7932)	7/31/2009 1:20:19 PM
From: Lane3	1 Recommendation Respond to of 42652

Maybe it's not hardwired in all human animals, but it unquestionably is in the American species: that headlong eagerness to accept dark rumors... I doubt that the health care system has a cure for that. The education system certainly doesn't.

To: Road Walker who wrote (7932)	8/12/2009 1:47:04 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 42652

If its going to be restructured and controlled by extensive government mandates and prohibitions, its not totally unreasonable to call it a takeover, esp. when there is a "public option" particularly when such an option may lead to "single payer" and may be intended to do so. try reminding folks that the people who brought them the worst economic devastation in generations So instead of eagerness to accept dark rumors, Carpenter supports eagerness to simplistically and to a good extent falsely extend blame.