On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Dana wrote: > But I will admit to my own brand of skepticism on this. I foresee an > unfunded mandate for individuals to buy coverage. This is not what I hoped > for. I found this amusing, and yes, I know it is on the Huffington Post. > Deal. I think you might agree with it. > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/the-unbearable-weakness-o_b_261651.html > > That is one of the ingredients that has been in the various bills, and it's a scam, another transfer of wealth from the young to the old. The writer seems totally oblivious to the fact that most Americans do not want a public option. Medicare and Medicaid are going broke, everyone knows it, why would the public support moving everyone else over to a similar system? Real reform does not require a public option, that is a very narrow view of the debate. Liberals did not elect the President, moderates did, and liberals need to figure that out.
The basic philosophical debate comes down to whether you provide more care to fewer people - our current system, which attempts to maximize benefit to the insured, or less care to everyone - a public system that ends in rationing of care by civil servants. Admittedly, we ration care today- in cases like my sister's where someone has expensive, long term medical issues like cancer. There is no perfect solution in those cases, the amount of money in the system is finite, and so the amount of care is finite. That is not what concerns most folks. The real issue is whether procedures we consider routine today under the private insurance system will be rationed tomorrow under a public system, like they are in all public systems. That is the deal-breaker and why most Americans will never support a public option. As for the rising cost of care, we'll see which system implodes first under the weight of demographics - the private US system or the public systems in places like Canada and the UK. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:302145 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
