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To: CentralParkRanger who wrote (224774)	2/3/2022 8:26:51 AM
From: rdkflorida2	1 Recommendation Recommended By CentralParkRanger Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 356895

For many, many years I have said national health care is a national security issue. The last two/three years have proven me correct. RDK

To: CentralParkRanger who wrote (224774)	2/3/2022 9:07:52 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By Thomas M. Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 356895

MMT is witchcraft. And anyone with half a mind or better knows it. It is sheer stupidity and devoid of rational economic through.

To: CentralParkRanger who wrote (224774)	5/17/2022 4:00:36 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 356895

>> How happens that most developed countries can afford universal healthcare, but the richest country in the world cannot? Because we (the US) shoulders a disproportionate burden of R&D and capital raising. And regulation. And developing vaccines. And doing all the things that make it possible to sell drugs a below marginal cost in countries that could not otherwise afford to purchase them. Basic microeconomics is the "Theory of the Firm" -- how a business organization maximizes profits. But a problem arises when there are markets that cannot muster enough to pay even marginal cost (MC). In order to provide those items in such markets it is necessary to get subsidies from interested parties. In this way, the US effectively subsidizes the health care of the dirt poor nations. And we have other ways of subsidizing not-so-poor nations like many in Europe. So, that's how they afford universal health care. It isn't as good as ours. For example, if you have one of the most deadly cancers, your 5 year survival rate is probably better in the US that almost anywhere. Prostate, Breast, Colin, Lung, Liver -- all get the most up-to-date screening and treatment. IN some parts of Canada, for example, men with a PSA < 7.00 are not referred, whereas a PSA of 4.00 in the US is almost always going to get referral for at least monitoring and probably a biopsy. Modern facilities will do a 3T multiparametric MRI with PI-RADSv2 off the bat. If PSA moves up after treatment, SoC now is PSMA imaging to find metastatic growths before they're big enough to be found by other means. Men are living far longer with recurrence than they were even four years ago when I was treated. It isn't just cancer. Just about EVERYTHING gets better treatment in the US than everywhere else. Generally speaking, if you have a serious illness, US may not always be the best in the world, however, it is usually going to be up there near the top. "Universal Health Care" is a term for the uninformed. You cannot have "Universal Health Care" when you are admitting millions of people who you don't even know where they came from, why they're here, who are afraid to even be treated. There is, frankly, not such thing in a country where there are no controls on immigration.