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Originally Posted by Sandy G
Nobody has give me a good answer-indeed, ANY answer at all-as to WHY can't we have BOTH systems ? If you wanna pay for insurance, you can do that & things'll stay the way they are...If you can't, or don't want to, then you could go to the Gummint doctors....WHY does it have to be mutually exclusive ?!? An' yeah, if Obeauzeau care is gonna be so gawdam good & all, why will the Lords 'n' Ladies Who Rule Us Lowly Peons likely opt out, & keep their gold-plated plan ?!?
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Sandy, would you like two different police serving your community? Two different levels of response based on whether you take the government plan or a private one? Two different fire departments? Two different militarys (would you rather send your little girl to war in the Wal-Mart run military or the current one?).
You guys are already paying 60% more for your health care than we do in Canada, yet you live years less. You pay MUCH more than any of the "socialized" systems. Your system is so inefficient because you have layers upon layers of people duplicating the same type and level of service between the public and for-profit sectors. One system is the only one that makes any sense, and it is basically what is used in the entire western world, other than the US.
If Eisenhower were still around, I could truly see him saying the following:
This conjunction of an immense health care establishment and a health care industry is new in the American experience. The total influence – economic, political, even spiritual – is felt in every city, every Statehouse, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the health care complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted.