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To: stsimon who wrote (132573)	3/27/2017 11:53:35 AM
From: dan6	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218462

While I agree, there is a lot of room for improvement in diet and lifestyle - and that any effort that relieves stress on the healthcare system makes it that much easier to look for solutions - there is a bigger problem baked into the system, and while not necessarily a fatal flaw, is a big, head-scratching moral flaw: Humans are greedy when they have a chance, and capitalism often rewards it (or at least kicks the risks down the road, ie debt, environmental degradation, lets people die of preventable diseases.) While competition does often bring down costs, greed increases them, and this is where government needs to step in to ensure that collateral damage is minimized. Certain things are too fragile and valuable to be left in the hands of the greedy. Hint: Single-payer.

To: stsimon who wrote (132573)

3/27/2017 11:12:27 PM

From: Follies

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You make a good point. While I support a single payer health care system, unless the U.S. reforms its food supply and Americans modify their degenerate Western lifestyle of eating fast food while immobilized in front of a TV, health care costs will continue to rise. Processed foods are mostly salt and sugar, as those ingredients are cheap. Cooking at home and eating quality food takes both time and money.

Single payer ... The payer is not the person requiring the health care. They have no incentive on how much their healthcare costs. As long as someone else is paying , bring on the caviar.

Can we start with single payer scotch? I like single malt please.