the problem with a single payer system is that you have to be able to go outside it. You should have seen me tryng to pay cash for an xray in Sault Ste Marie a while back. That's something you should be able to do, and that particular situation didn't get resolved until I threateded to drive into Michigan and tell American immigration that I was seeking emergency health care.
On the other hand, when you get into a two-tier system like Britain's then questions of equity arise. Of course they arise in the current US system -- the poor actually get better health care generally. Mind you, you have to *very* poor for this to be true. Dana On 2/12/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:227872 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
