On 29 Oct 2008 at 16:56, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > At 03:26 PM Wednesday 10/29/2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote: > > > > > How do we prevent such a system from > > > > > degenerating to the lowest quality of > > > > > service it possibly can get away with? > > > > > . . . ronn! :) > > > > > >we should not assume that will happen because some > > > nations with > > > >national health can't afford the kind of R&D > > > available in the > > > >richest country in the world. > > > > > No, we have examples here of things where there is no > > > competition or > > > they have to take everyone regardless of ability to pay the > > > bill, > > > like the ones I listed. (Nothing to do with R&D but > > > with simply > > > getting seen and getting adequate care.) If we get > > > one-size-fits-all > > > health care, how do we insure that it does not degrade like > > > many other things already have? > > > . . . ronn! :) > > > >true enough, that's another reason why health care delivery systems > >MUST be reformed, and eliminating the middleman frees up a lot of > >cash for the end user. all we can do it find something better than > >what we have, now. > > > But like "random mutations" in biology, "change" for change's sake is > more often detrimental rather than beneficial. And the government
And with something like a single payer system, the track record isn't good. Again.. *points to Holland's system* AndrewC _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
