Yup, in the past century, America stopped being the land of opportunity and became the land of guarantees.
Paul C Diem pcd...@foxvalley.net -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 7:39 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Insurance.... Oh boy, here we go. Even more important is water and food. How about electricity, transportation, entertainment etc. etc. etc. NOTHING is a basic human right past opportunity. The CHANCE to make our own direction is all that God has given us. marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "David E. Smith" <d...@mvn.net> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 4:50 PM 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/