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Old 09-20-2007, 02:45 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by garysher View Post
I have to disagree with you on that.

Oh oh..

Why trust the insurance companies, over which you have zero influence, more than the govt, who you at least get to elect?

I look around and I see that doesn't always work as advertised either.
If public services are adequately funded and well run by dedicated, motivated professionalsthey can work well.

That's in theory. A theory that seems to always break down over time. Just as the theory about "democracy" being the best form of government.
I notice the right wing talk radio wackos like to compare a proposed national health service to the DMV! Well if you want to pay another couple hundred dollars for your car licence you could have a highly efficient DMV staffed by helpful, well paid people! But we prefer to pay less and get lousy service.

The DMV is the least of my worries. In fact Ga's DMV isn;t as bad as some other states I've heard about.
Why don't the anti health service lobby ever criticise the US military?? After all it's a govt run organisation - and one of the largest and most efficient enterprises on the planet.

The military efficient? That's the first I heard about that. There is more waste in the military that you seem to realize.
Because it is adequately funded and well run by dedicated, motivated professionals.

I bet our idea of adequately funded and dedication won't come anywhere near what those people who actually end up doing the work will consider to be so.

I'm a diehard capitalist and run my own business but I think it's just wrong to let health care be subject to the profit motive.
And I think there should be option on both sides. If there is to be universal health care, there should still be a private sector for those who still like the current system. I look at it the same as governmental housing. There is no way government accommodations for everyone will compare to my home.
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