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

To: i-node who wrote (9204)	9/9/2009 7:39:03 AM
From: skinowski	Respond to of 42652

NH costs were higher than 60K for a while now: Nursing Home Cost Hits $70,000 Per Year October 4, 2004 consumeraffairs.com

To: i-node who wrote (9204)	9/9/2009 9:37:36 AM
From: Mary Cluney	1 Recommendation Respond to of 42652

<<<Not sure what you mean by "access", but why should it be equal? >>> My use of the term "equal access" was not made with any degree of rigorousness. I only used it to accentuate a point of view that is different than that held for most on this thread. I agree that people who can afford it should be able to spend as much as they want to get the best health care possible. I also don't think that all others should get the same level of care. But there is a level of care that all citizens should have access to. I am not particularly an advocate for poor people (although I should really think that through a little more carefully). I think we need to provide access to basic health care for everyone provided we can pay for it. It is for the greater good of all our citizens. It is a principle, a belief, that values and shows respect for all human life equally.