> RoMunn wrote: > 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. > 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. >
Well the answer is pretty easy: every US healthcare system will go broke in 10 years. Do what you want: public option, co-op, single-payer, private fee for service, whatever. They're all broke. Doesn't matter. The only real difference is the effect when they go broke. The system now will just slowly price people out of the market, grow bankruptcies even further, lead to emigration, etc. So it really doesn't matter what we do. The only solution in the the US - that US citizens will tolerate - is a consumer-directed model and the only question is how much pain we go through until everybody realizes that. If it takes single-payer to educate people I'm all for it. I'll just move, though, cause I don't like funding failures. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:302161 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
