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Old 09-19-2007, 05:50 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by garysher View Post

I think health care is the one area that cannot be left to market forces, because the element of choice is missing.

Nobody chooses to get sick, especially not poor people.
There is no market for the sick as insurance companies only desire healthy customers.

I find this particular quote disturbing:

"Compulsory sickness insurance...is a variety of socialized medicine or state medicine and possesses the evils inherent in any politically controlled system. It is contrary to American tradition and is the first and most dangerous step in the direction of complete state socialism. The American Medical Association rejects any such scheme as a method of the distribution of medical care." - Editorial from The Journal of the American Medical Association, Dec. 1948

Living healthy in the US with universal healthcare is NOT contrary to American tradition. The fear of "socialism" seems too blinding to further justify the current situation of healthcare in the US.
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