We have the "highest death rate among babies in the developed world, we have
the lowest
life expectancies in the developed world," are straw dogs, that have more to
do with American life styles like drug use, smoking, murders, auto death
rates, eating habits etc.

Compare any other parts of our healthcare system, like the best hospitals,
cure rates as well as available procedures for major illnesses and diseases
and you will see the US is far ahead of other countries.

If one may believe they want the federal government to operate their
healthcare, they were obviously never in the military or certainly never in
a VA hospital and they must LIKE the way they are treated by the DMV, VA or
EPA or how cost "efficiently" the government runs the USPS, Medicare and
Medicaid, all of which are headed to bankruptcy or most recently Dealers
about how well CARS was run.

One might first ask any of our seniors, like me, who have opted to switch to
ANY of the Medicare Advantage plans, offered by private insurers, if they
would EVER consider going back to Medicare for the healthcare. Medicare
Advantage plans provide us with MORE coverage for LESS money and I have
never been turned down for coverage of anything my doctor has ordered and
I'm 83!

Proponents of a federally run healthcare system are NOT telling you how it
will be financed or even how much it will cost you individually, it
certainly will not be "free."

They are promising to "reduce" the cost of healthcare but if they can do
that why are they not doing that TODAY to stop Medicare and Medicaid from
going bankrupt?

Over twenty sates have enacted TORT laws that have shown to drastically
reduce healthcare costs in those states, so why is there no federal TORT
reform in the bill?


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> I try to avoid these off topic discussions, but I have to throw in my two
> cents worth here...
>
> 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.
>
> If you are very rich or running an insurance compnay our current National
> Health Care System is terrific. If you are very poor, you probably can get
> treatment for injuries but no preventive care. If you are in the middle,
> you are paying through the nose for mediocre care.
>
> I often hear people rant about how they don't want government burecrats
> making health care choices for them. OK I can see this, but a lot of these
> same people are willing to let Health Insurance Industry Burecrats make
> those decisions for them. I fail to see the difference. If anything, I'd
> rather have governement burecrats making the decisions.
>
> I often hear people rant that they don't want the government rationing
> health care, but many of these same people have their care rationed by the
> Heath Insurance Industry.
>
> I often hear people rant that they don't want the government imposing new
> taxes but these same people are paying directly (or indirectly through
> their employers) extremely high premiums for mediocre care.
>
> I have a hard time understanding all the outrage against a goverment
> administered National Health Care System. I can't see it being any worse
> that our Current Government / Insurance Industry / Drug Company dominated
> system. Do you really think the people running Blue Cross / Blue Shield;
> Cigna; GSK, etc., etc. have your best intrest at heart? Do you think they
> are less like than the government to extort money from you to run the
> system? Take a look at the salaries for the medical industry
> executives....then tell me they have your best interest at heart.
>
> Dwight Eisenhower warned about the Military Industrial Complex. I think we
> now need to worry about the Medical Industry / Drug Company Complex.
>
> People like Rush Limbaugh are tools of the evil rich. He does provide one
> good piece of advice - "follow the money." In the case of the health care
> debate this is very good advice. It seems to me Rush and his ilk are
> either idiots or evil. Take your pick.
>
> Ed
>