I see no reason to get hysterical about welfare mothers, either. People will avail themselves of every advantage a system gives them. No reason to blame people who do that. Change the system, that's what I say, and do it in a way that makes sense. Health care is definitely the top long-term economic problem in this country. We spend too little on preventative care, too much on emergency care, and our byzantine system of providers and insurers does nothing but generate billions and billions of dollars worth of waste.
Having said that, I don't know what the solution is. I like the idea of a single-payer system because it reduces complexity. I dislike the idea of the government running any part of it. On 2/12/07, Dana wrote: > > I'll agree with you there. The difference in my mind is that you can > talk about taxes without getting hysterical about welfare mothers. > > Look, health care in the US (the actual topic, believe it or not) is > an issue for just about everyone. I've seen people on here complaining > about their costs and their care. Ergo, the system is dysfunctional. > It doesn't work even for tthe relatively affluent. The reason it > doesn't work is that providers put uncompensated care into their > overhead, and you can't blame them for that. Saying that they should > just let people die instead is not realistic. Neither is whining about > a few taxes. Everyone here pays taxes I think... I tell you one thing, > I'd much rather seem mine go to a rational health care system than an > irrational war. > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227871 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
