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To: Cogito who wrote (174735)	10/27/2011 3:31:44 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 541429

"And in fact I want it to be doing some things it doesn't do presently, like running a national health insurance system that everyone qualifies for." Oh, I agree. But as far as what's politically possible, right NOW, that isn't one of them. Good health should not be a market function. Every American should have the resources to be as healthy as is possible for them, whether they have a job or not, or are rich or poor. I think the business community needs to be brought onboard. It would be great for THEM if providing health care wasn't their responsibility. That happened here pretty much by accident, because the government didn't step up as it did in every other industrial democracy.