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

To: skinowski who wrote (9192)	9/8/2009 7:22:38 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

<<<our government is becoming too big and too powerful>>> My guess is that if we can get rid of all the inefficiencies, government - say at 20 - 25% of GDP would be about right. Government can and should be brought under control. <<<we have no business handing over healthcare to Washington>>> I agree that health care should mostly be left up to health care professionals (doctors, nurses, pharmacies, Hospitals, etc), however govenment has a role to ensure that everyone has equal access to healthcare and that there is a safety net for the most vulnerable segments of our society. I don't have any specific vision on how responsibilities should be divided, but there are more than enough responsiblities to go around. <<<More power corrupts more>>> I can't disagree with that but that goes for everyone not only people in government. <<<I see several ways how to improve our healthcare, make it less expensive >>> I am almost certain that you could improve our healthcare in significant measure, but given the political climate we are in there is no way you could get it done. But, to simplify a very complicated idea, just let me say that I believe that Obama is the best person we can get to fix health care. Just as Nixon was the only one that could have gone to China, Obama is someone that conservatives like yourself should get behind and support. He is willing to throw the extreme left under the bus and make the necessary compromises to help fix healthcare. The current system just can not be sustained. <<<What we do NOT need is government dictatorship in healthcare>>> I agree absolutely but we need government to be a partner in healthcare along with all the other major players. No one can do it alone.