On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:38:06 -0700, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote:

>C. E. White wrote:
>
>> The US already has a National Health Care System, a private /
>> goverment / no care system. It is the most expensive, most
>> inefficient, and most unfair in the developed world. If our current
>> National Health Care System had the best care, I suppose it could be
>> excused, but by most measures, it is a failure. We have the highest
>> death rate among babies in the developed world, we have the lowest
>> life expectancies in the developed world, and we have the highest
>> percentage of uncovered people in the developed world.
>
>Of all industrialized democracies, we spend the most money on health
>care for the poorest overall results.

With repeated (often very unnecessary) tests so that the person can't
file a law suit againt the provider.

>If there's anyone opposed to
>universal care for a valid reason, their voice is drowned out by the
>lunatics talking about "death panels" and claiming (lying) that illegal
>aliens would qualify for the government option.

They already do get free medical.