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

To: i-node who wrote (9275)	9/10/2009 6:45:25 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

<<<I'm still not understanding your point.>>> 1. I agree with you that better health care costs more money. 2. But, I challenge your assertion that bad behavior reduce life expectancy and that reduces health care costs. More specifically, your assertion that reduced life expectancy reduces health care costs. That is what started this discussion. <<<Are you suggesting that the government get not only in the health care business but also get in the business of telling me what I can and cannot eat?>>> I don't think anyone should dictate to you what you should or should not eat. But, in order to lower health care costs, various parts of the government should work together with various parts of the private sector to provide information so that people could make intelligent choices as to what to eat. That will lower the overall cost of health care.