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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (70185)	8/9/2009 3:48:10 PM
From: steve harris	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224728

It has been almost 100 years since the Feds starting regulating health care. And since the Feds have failed, we need more federal regulation....AMIRIGHT?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (70185)	8/10/2009 1:14:57 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224728

Jorie, you should be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st Century. It has been almost 100 years since the Feds starting regulating health care Kenny, and you need to be dragged kicking and screaming into an English 101 class so that you can understand the words that are written to you. Follow the thread and you will see that I never said that the government didn't have it's regulatory fingers in healthcare. I said that US Constitution doesn't give the Federal Government the power to provide healthcare. I did say that the Federal Government should get involved in Healthcare in the form of tort reform to control the lawyers who have taken advantage of the system for their own enrichment and are at the root of the outrageous costs in healthcare (to be clear, I am not talking about all lawyers). It was you who said that the Federal Government had the right based on the power to regulate interstate commerce. Talk about reaching....LOL But, you bring up an interesting point, the feds have been regulating health care for 100 years and you are saying that the system is broken. That sounds like a clear admission to the fact that government meddling in an industry doesn't work and in fact makes it worse. You are admitting that it isn't the free market that has failed, it is government intervention that has failed. Your statement does not support the idea that more government intervention will help anything. If the Democratic Congress and Obama wants me to support healthcare reform, they can make their proposal very simple. All that it has to say is "The US Congress has a great healthcare package, so now ALL US Citizens will have access to the exact same healthcare package that is available to the US Congress." If Congress is willing to use the proposed healthcare reform package and discard what they are currently receiving, then I will believe that what they are putting on the table is workable.