oh yeah? where are you moving to? On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > RoMunn wrote: > > That is not what concerns most folks. The real issue is whether > procedures > > we consider routine today under the private insurance system will be > > rationed tomorrow under a public system, like they are in all public > > systems. > > As for the rising cost of care, we'll see which system implodes first > under > > the weight of demographics - the private US system or the public systems > in > > places like Canada and the UK. > > > > Well the answer is pretty easy: every US healthcare system will go > broke in 10 years. > > Do what you want: public option, co-op, single-payer, private fee for > service, whatever. They're all broke. Doesn't matter. > > The only real difference is the effect when they go broke. The system > now will just slowly price people out of the market, grow bankruptcies > even further, lead to emigration, etc. > > So it really doesn't matter what we do. > > The only solution in the the US - that US citizens will tolerate - is > a consumer-directed model and the only question is how much pain we go > through until everybody realizes that. > > If it takes single-payer to educate people I'm all for it. I'll just > move, though, cause I don't like funding failures. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:302170 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5