02-27-2008, 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Jzyehoshua  I can't understand why anyone would be against universal health care. As Thomas Carlyle once said, "A great man shows his greatness in the way he treats little men." Likewise, a great nation shows its greatness in the way it treats its weakest and poorest.
If universal health care is at all feasible, of course we should make it a reality! Who would say that taking care of our nation's weakest and poorest is a bad thing?
Mostly right wing evangelicals and compassionate conservatives who boast "family values".
However, the question of course is whether it would be feasible. We could provide at least a low level of health care to all citizens without killing our national budget. However, with our national deficit skyrocketing and our economy at risk of a recession, even that might prove the straw that broke the camel's back.
| I doubt it. Even Cuba manages to provide universal health care.
When you consider the colossal hidden costs of the current broken system, which is focussed on maintaining a profitable, parallel insurance industry rather than providing everyone with health care, there is ample finance available.
The US spends 17% of its GDP on health care - more than any other industrialised nation - yet still fails to provide health care to 47m uninsured and millions more under-insured.
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