CJT wrote:
HeyBub wrote:
wrote:
the triilons wasted in iraq would likely pay for top notch
healthcare for everyone..
the current system is broke, something better should be created.
if someone with no health coverage shows up at the ER with a life
threatening trouble they get cared for too. cant have them dying in
the waiting room......
such care can cost big bucks and earlier treatement may have saved
lots of money.,
if the government quit wasting money on pork projects we could
probably afford good health care for everyone
Comments:
1. It's not TRILLIONS for the Iraq war, it's only a few hundred
billion.
Probably more like a trillion if we're honest about all the costs that
will continue (e.g. caring for the tens of thousands of maimed
soldiers).
Trillion, schmillion. It's for the children.
2. The current system is not broke. About 253 million people (out of
300 million) have health insurance.
cite?
All the Democratic candidates complain there are 47 million people in this
country without health insurance. Assuming there are about 300 million folks
(299,398,484*) in the country, 300 - 47 = 253. My math may be a little off -
it's been quite a while since I was in the 2nd grade. Your numbers may vary.
3. Waste in health care or the government is not the issue. In spite
of political claims, we can tolerate an enormous amount of waste and
inefficiency; our economy is that robust. What we can't tolerate is
some functionary telling us: "No you can't have a wart removal -
you're 45 and will die soon. It's not economical."
That's probably why nobody proposes such a system.
Giggle. Nobody but Barak Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Edwards. I haven't
looked at Dodd, Richardson, or Biden.
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