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

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (9200)	9/8/2009 7:54:53 PM
From: skinowski	1 Recommendation Respond to of 42652

but we need government to be a partner in healthcare You see, this is where we differ. I do not trust politicians. Give them power, and it is merely a matter of time until they'll decide to push some people around - and help others - those whom they like (for some reason(s) or other). Hard to be an equal partner with those who have legislative power - and can (and will) change rules along the way (and have the courts and other powers to enforce those new rules). With such "partners" it's hard not to end up getting screwed. Why enter such a partnership - especially since it is not necessary? However, I see that you gave these issues serious thought and have arrived to your present views. You and I will.... vote differently on this one. But, thank God we can do that, for if we'd all vote the same, we'd be having a dictatorship.... LOL!

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (9200)	9/8/2009 11:10:01 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

however govenment has a role to ensure that everyone has equal access to healthcare Not sure what you mean by "access", but why should it be equal? Is this something along the lines of 1 person = 1 vote? I never heard anything about "everyone must get an equal share of the health care". The reality is that some people can afford gold plated health care and others -- those without resources -- need to accept a different level of care. When you talk about "equal care", you are talking about something that simply cannot be delivered. I know of Medicaid nursing homes packed with patients who have no assets. Is it reasonable to expect the same level care at these places that you would get from a $60,000/year facility? Of course not. These patients simply have to settle for less. That doesn't mean they can't get a "reasonable" standard of care, but it isn't going to be as good as others can afford, and by a wide margin. The country needs to get past the idea that health care is a "right". It isn't. And as soon as you make it a "right", you have to provide those $60,000/year nursing homes for Medicaid patients, and then you'll REALLY see a broke government.