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To: research1234 who wrote (237302)	11/9/2013 1:41:01 PM
From: neolib	Respond to of 541925

Kudos to you for making these arguments, and in a less confrontational way then I've been doing. Unfortunately, the audience consists of Ostriches...

To: research1234 who wrote (237302)	11/9/2013 2:11:45 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541925

I'm curious how you "humanely" discourage bad behavior, where the poor are concerned. I can understand how you can financially penalize the wealthy, but what do you see as the way forward with the poor?

To: research1234 who wrote (237302)	11/9/2013 2:32:53 PM
From: Metacomet	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541925

Of course everyone needs insurance. It is basic to understanding and discussing these matters that one clearly distinguishes the need for health CARE from the need for health INSURANCE We as a population have been effectively brainwashed into using these terms interchangeably They are not Health care is the function of providing services and materials used in the promotion of health and healing Health insurance is a rent seeking entity layered between those wanting or needing health care and the means of providing that care As such, it is a cost driver to the health care industry, a major reason why health care as a fraction of the GDP of the US is significantly higher than any peer country, and outcomes are no better and often worse ..and those other folks have fat people too