On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Gruss Gott wrote:
...
> Look to the airlines, how'd we solve that problem? Did we finance the
> high cost of tickets in the 70s with public money? Or did we
> privatize?
>
> We privatized. And what was the result? By many studies, tickets are
> 50% less with no reduction in safety.
Um, didn't we bail out most of the airline industry like a couple
years ago? 'cept for like, SouthWest?
> So the answer is obvious: we need to privatize healthcare.
I'm not so sure that's the answer. In some part, perhaps, but after
seeing the difference between a private hospital and a public one... I
don't know that using market type logic is especially applicable.
Some, sure, but private industry isn't "the answer", as far as I've
seen so far.
> And that, my friend, is how you solve the healthcare problem.
>
> Markets!
Sounds too easy to me, but perhaps you're right.
--
To err is dysfunctional, to forgive co-dependent.
Berton Av
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