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To: quehubo who wrote (126390)	12/4/2009 11:05:35 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543251

I suspect we differ at fairly basic levels as to just what is the common good. I prefer a society in which everyone has health insurance at affordable rates. It's better for individuals (catastrophes can always occur; more likely to get regular checkups and thus discover serious health problems earlier, etc.) and for the social whole (raises overall health levels; longer, more fulfilling lives; etc.) The problem is getting from here to there. You clearly prefer the present mess. I won't go through the almost endless list of problems thereto.

To: quehubo who wrote (126390)	12/5/2009 1:29:47 AM
From: Jeff Hayden	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543251

Since most of the uninsured are young get them to pay for the Medicare for the boomers. The boomers who lived well and dont want to pay for themselves or their parents. Punt it to the grandkids and the great grandkids. That's the way it's been since the beginning. It's what the funding of Social Security and Medicare are based on. You don't like it? Move to Myanmar or Burma, however you want to call it, they'll leave you alone if you keep your mouth shut.