So is food an absolute necessity. Does this mean we should have a single farmer system run by the government?
Maybe we should have a single ISP system, run by the government? Single car maker, run by the government? Single housing contractor, run by Congress? Single clothing maker, the federal clothing agency? Come on. You just can't go there, can you? Well, some people would. They view government as holy and perfect, and just have a religious faith in it. The rest of us live in the real world and it would seem that given a few minutes of thought, it makes less than no sense to have the government run health care. Medicare? Please. Don't even dream of such nonsense. Medicare reimburses doctors, hospitals, etc, somewhere between 10 and 60% of the COST of what people who are on medicare actually get. The rest of us who actually PAY are paying to subsidize them. If everyone were transferred to Medicare, it would take somewhere between 90 and 270 days for almost every hospital, doctor's office, etc, to either go bankrupt or close voluntarily. At the rates at which Mecicare pays, the best doctor you could get would be an email conference with some guy in India who collects $3 per consult. It is NOT an option. Frankly, for those of you want a single payer system... Could you tell the rest of us what experience you have with a federal agency that has so inspired you with confidence over their efficiency, responsiveness, wisdom, and fantastic ability, that you stood in awe and said "I want them in charge of my life!" And, not only did that, but in your mind, completely made up for the Postal service, the IRS, EPA, and all the other alphabet soup which are stunning examples of "how to be wrong, wasteful, stupid and irresponsible, overbearing, abusive, rude, power-trip seekers, and yet never get fired"? If that hasn't happened to you, then what sort of fantasy do you indulge in, that makes you think the government is just so darn good at running stuff? Please provide an example of how the federal government is such a fantastic administrator of our money, while you're at it... I have just GOT to know where these fantasies... Or, maybe they are real life experiences - the likes of which I have never witnessed, read about, heard about, seen, or experienced personally... Come from, that so inspire people to put their life in the hands of Congress. My experience says I'd rather do surgery on myself. -------------------------------------------------- From: "David E. Smith" <d...@mvn.net> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 4:50 PM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Insurance.... > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 18:06, RickG <rgunder...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Someone posted earlier that the health insurance industry is not truly >> run >> in a "free market". It's "failure" is exactly due to this. Even after all >> the government rules and regulations, who in the USA does not have >> "access" >> to health care? >> > > I suppose we're taking fundamentally different approaches to the issue of > health care. I don't see it as one that can (or should) be solved by the > free market - as far as I'm concerned, it's a fundamental human right. No > person, anywhere on this planet, should have to worry about things like > "money" when it comes to basic health and wellness. The fact that even one > American (or anyone else really, but this is a US-centric list) doesn't, > in > my mind represents a deep-rooted failure of the free market, and of basic > human kindness and compassion. > > David Smith > MVN.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
