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To: GST who wrote (229899)	11/22/2009 10:35:18 PM
From: Bank Holding Company	Respond to of 306849

True.

To: GST who wrote (229899)	11/23/2009 12:50:18 AM
From: neolib	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

There is no kind of insurance other than socialized insurance -- insurance is, by definition a socialized approach to risk management. There are two aspects which you assume are one thing. They are not. 1) is the insurance function, 2) is how each individual pays for that insurance. My preference is for 1) to be based on private enterprise, while 2) can be tax based redistribution of wealth for those who can't afford it at the low end of the economic spectrum.

To: GST who wrote (229899)	11/23/2009 4:39:11 AM
From: saveslivesbyday	Respond to of 306849

"somebody is going to pay the tab sooner or later" - I couldn't agree with you more GST The laws in our society require the health care system (ER's, hospitals, MD's) to treat patients regardless of the circumstances of how they got sick/injured and whether they can pay or not. The fact is that Americans really do believe that health care is a "right" not a privilege, though most politicians would be loathe to admit that this is the real issue. Americans also want "everything done" for "everyone" - especially when it is their mother/father etc, regardless of the cost. This is hardly possible, but again few want to address the reality that "rationing" is the only way for society to decide how to spend their health care dollars, the alternative being that health care ultimately grow to represent 20 or 30% of GDP - Saves