I hate to throw cold water on all this fun, but wasting time talking
about all this fear and straw men is just what the right wing wants you
to do. That little video posted a while back is enough for any rational
person to get the picture.
http://brightcove.newscientist.com/services/player/bcpid2227271001?bctid=30583310001
The public is overwhelmingly for single payer.
If congress does anything but work toward putting together a strong
single payer plan then they've let the wingers win.
It's fear vs. facts.
[email protected] wrote:
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Fred Holmes<[email protected]> wrote:
If you drive the drug companies out of business, then the government will have
to manufacture current drugs and develop new ones. Will they do a better job
of it? Unlikely!
For what it is worth, Cuba has one of the best, if not the overall
best health care system in the world. Check out the world's health
statistics and see for yourself. Marcio can speak to this issue I am
sure.
Cuba is one poor as hell nation, and the Cuban health care system is
government run, yet is at the top of the "A" list worldwide.
Socialist? Yes. Works extremely well overall? Yes. Far lower child
death rate than here in the United States? By far. All citizens get
health care? Absolutely.
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