On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Dana wrote: > > I'm not sure I agree. What if we took care of chronic conditions before > they > degenerated into something ugly and life-threatening? It might actually be > cheaper than the current incredibly expensive system.
We keep coming up with fancy new treatments for all sorts of chronic illnesses. Great treatments, life-changing treatments. Expensive treatments. No way around it. > Sure, the population > is getting older, but this affects health care no more than say Social > Security. which is also going bankrupt > In a related rant,why is it ok to give x billions to the auto > industry, but it's socialism if we invest it in the nation's health? > both are socialism by definition. there is a decent argument for nationalized health care, if we all agree to live within the limits of such a system. the problem is no one has agreed to it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:301341 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
