On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nothing run by the US government is 'low cost and high quality'
A nice cannard but wrong. Government is not terribly good at all sorts of things. It is really quite decent for many things. If government was not, it would not exist or tossed out and reformed. People who believe the contrary just can't be bothered to pay attention. Medicare is a fine example of something that provides pretty decent results (could always be better of course) with costs that are surprisingly good compared to other options, especially when you consider the population they primarily serve. Now, if only they could take the Medicare example and figure out how to apply that knowledge to health care.... Its not like single payer healthcare is a new idea (I worked on it in the early 90's) nor is it unproven. It may surprise you to hear this, but it actually has been implemented by "governments" elsewhere with quite acceptable results. If you don't like the idea of government, that's fine. Spouting off stupid crap like "Nothing run by the US government is 'low cost and high quality'" isn't terribly useful in any actual policy discussion. It is demonstrably false and serves no purpose other than demonizing one side of a debate with rhetoric designed to inflame rather than educate. You have a medical background and could bring a nice dose of the reality of your corner of the healthcare world to the discussion. How does emergency medical fit into the overall picture of healthcare reform in the United States? This is important shit. Whinging about the generic "US Government" is not so useful. 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:296599 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
