On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure I would advocate a wide selection of execution methods as > an solution for national health care. I don't think you meant that, > but the point really doesn't mean anything else in this discussion.
The point is that people can point at situations and say "look, there are choices!" which sounds well and good. But if the choices aren't really choices then the fact that you have choices is entirely moot. > That does suck. You are mad because you were not given a choice. > Understandable. I'm mad because most people don't a choice, let alone choices in the plural. You say that people get to choose an employer. You know what? more than 10% of the American public right now doesn't get to do that. They don't get to choose to have a job at all. And do you honestly think that the people who have jobs without healthcare coverage wouldn't take another job with healthcare coverage if they could? Do you think they chose to not have health insurance? A large swath of America couldn't get private health insurance even if they did have $700 a month to pay for it. And if they are able to get private health insurance does it actually cover things they need? Is it rendered completely useless except in the case of totally catastrophic accident because the deductible is so high that coinsurance will never get hit? I couldn't *buy* a rider for well child care for my new born daughter because my insurance company didn't offer it in my state. That's how this system "works" now. Most of America does not have choices when it comes to healthcare right now. Period. There is lots of room for debate about the best way to change that. But trying to argue that there are currently choices is just absurd. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288692 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
