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Originally Posted by aklim
I'm not. I'm pointing out the stupidity of people who seem to think there is one solution out there that causes no ills but does good. It is what I call the "bedtime story ending". The one where somebody does good and doesn't ask for something in return. The one where you get to ask the devil to do your bidding and he disappears after it is done without taking your soul.
I'd rather they go bankrupt than have the govt meddle in healthcare. Otherwise, they'd go bankrupt and also healthcare goes down the toilet. Which seems to be the common thing when the govt gets involved.
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Of course there's always a downside to everything. I'm certainly not one of those promoting any magic bullets.
Health care is off-topic, but you must have missed last Tuesday's Frontline episode on PBS. You're partly right that in countries with universal health care the financial strain is on the industry rather than the patients, but your argument about health care going down the toilet would hold more water if the citizens of those other countries had lower life expectancy than we do here in the US, which isn't the case. I'm specifically talking about Europe, Japan and Canada. But again, that's off-topic and if you wish to discuss that further I suggest you start another thread.