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To: Lane3 who wrote (129155)	1/24/2010 2:41:25 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Respond to of 542134

<<<Medicare is an established program that provides adequately for lots of people who might not otherwise get care. It's hardly a panacea. If one is to judge it, which was not my purpose, then, realistically, faint praise is exactly what is warranted.>>> Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In my experience, when organizations of any stripe (private or public) grow to a certain size inefficiencies start to creep in along with arrogance and corruption within management ranks. We are far from having the ability to manage large organizations efficiently but in certain areas we have no choice and there are certain things that need to be done. Management of healthcare is the one area in Western Civilization where we have made terrific progress. There is NHS in Britain, Universal Health Care throughout Europe, and Medicare in the United States. These are shining examples. IMO there are very powerful interest groups in the United States that are actively working to tear down any progress we are making in providing health care to all our people. Indeed, we should be discussing how we can make healthcare better, but that is not where these powerful interest groups want us to go. They are doing everything possible to derail the discussion and there are all too many people unwittingly going along with that agenda.