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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (538166)	12/22/2009 12:41:07 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576022

>>> I personally think universal health care is inevitable, which is why I'd rather argue for doing it the right way. It COULD be done the right way. And that isn't with a big, 2500 page tome of a bill that is focused not on health care but on selling off pieces of the legislation to the highest bidder. This Florida Medicare Advantage boondogle is the worst provision I've heard of YET. The other states are, in effect, chipping in $30 BILLION to get the support from Florida. There simply MUST be a constitutional issue in there somewhere.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (538166)	12/22/2009 12:42:56 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1576022

"Those arguing against universal health care are based on the question of who pays and how well services are administered." Everyone on this thread KNOWS that all you give a damn about is "will it raise my taxes"?

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (538166)	12/23/2009 2:56:32 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576022

I personally think universal health care is inevitable, Look at the language you use..."inevitable"...conservatives in both congress and senate go further and consider it unacceptable, socialist, and a collection of other choice references. How does one find compromise on that basis? So when people say that the GOP had no role in this, i say it's completely their fault. They chose to have no role. Jim Demint never wanted a role. Grassley feigned one, etc... How much should it cost to cover the 30-40 million Americans who don't have health insurance? Probably a lot less than $100 billion per year, which is what the current health care bill will cost (and won't even cover all of them). How do you conclude that $100B is too high? I think the national average for HC is $6.7K/person. Simple math...30M x $6700 per head = $201B... Al