After you finally get over your ridiculous "greenfield" talking point, take a look at people who are actually proposing reforms. Here's the a Framework for a New Health System from the Archimedes initiative. I believe I accidentally called it the Apollo initiative before, btw. Apollo is dealing with energy, Archimedes with medicine: http://wecandobetter.org/framework-for-a-new-health-system
Judah On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> gg wrote: >> So the question is not what's the best greenfield country-wide >> healthcare approach for the US; the question is: >> >> What's the best "next-state" approach for US, given we operate in a >> global economy? >> > > And so, Michael, this is where your "experience" point comes in. > > Even if we agree that, say, the UK system is perfect ... I would argue > that the US will never have it (in our lifetimes) simply because we > can't shut down our existing system and build up that one. > > So while you may have great experiences there, they don't apply here. > > So I think our disagreement comes down to whether we think the US can > take a greenfield approach or not. > > I say no: we gotta dance with one we brung no matter how hot that > Canadian healthcare system might be. > > It's only polite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:289133 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
