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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (23953)	7/1/2012 2:54:40 PM
From: skinowski	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

The problem with single payer system is that it will give too much additional power to politicians. And American politicians are notorious for overspending and are always fighting to "bring home the bacon". They are always trying to endear a variety of special interests, and the way the system is designed, they must do it, or else they'll be out of business. Just look now - some group starts pushing for "free" contraception, and the US taxpayer has to shell out the cash. Power corrupts, and more power corrupts more. I think that perhaps the best path would be to create a government run tax supported healthcare safety net, for those who can't or won't pay - and make it very "minimalist", basic and cheap. Everyone receives basic care, albeit in its cheap version, and no one dies in the street. At the same time, let there be a private healthcare system, unregulated as much as possible. And let market forces figure out what works best for whom. The challenge would be how to prevent politicians from overexpanding the safety net - so that it wouldn't devolve into just plain old total socialism.