Good evening again, Dave! The subject line on this thread probably ought to be changed, since we seem now to be discussing government socialized medicine, rather than anything moving in the direction of the U.S. aggression against Iraq. So, I've changed the subject line to reflect more of a new thread that you, and Dr. Tame have entertained here. Nevertheless,
Dave Laird wrote, in part, to Dr. Chris R. Tame... Dr. Tame originally wrote to you: > > Laughable. You do not have a free market in medicine the USA. You have a > > corporatised, restrictionist and guild protectionist system. To which, you replied: > My point exactly. I suppose I have to wonder, based upon several other comments that you posted, that you might believe that government solutions might find a way to be fine tuned and clean up this stinking, sordid mess in 'health care'? Your comments upon which Dr. Tame posted his remarks seems to indicate that you probably agree that 'government' hasn't done a very good job in cleaning up the health care system in the U.S., particularly insofar as more and more individuals find themselves outside of the loop due to the forced structures imposed mostly by government in the first place. I would agree with that. Probably Dr. Tame might even sign on to that, with the reservation being that government could never possibly create such a utopia in which everyone had carte blanc access to unlimited medical care unconditionally, nor would a government rationing scheme be acceptable, that is, providing care in such a way that people are left out of elective medical choices based upon law prohibiting private choices. Canada has such a government mandated scheme in place, which is why on any given day, hundreds or thousands of Canadians cross over the border into the U.S. to obtain elective medical care in the U.S. that is either unavailable, or patients are placed on a very long and unacceptable waiting list, by law, in Canada. Government controlled nationalized medical care has devestated Canada's once high standards of high quality medical care. In fact, many Canadian Doctors, and others in the medical fields, have migrated to the U.S. and are practicing medicine in THIS country as a result of the draconian nature of Canada's socialized medical standards. Ironically, many Americans are now migrating into Mexico to receive medical care that the U.S. government has prohibited in the U.S. The point in all of this is that 'People' should be the ones to make their own choices, along with their doctors, also of their own choice, over what medical remedies and treatments and services that they require on a free-market basis. The costs would be regulated mainly uponn the availablilty of supply and demand, rather than any government control or edict restricting or even prohibiting such choices. It's kind of like buying milk. When I was in the U.S. military, stationed in San Diego, California, I crossed the border into Mexico weekly to buy groceries which were always much cheaper, and usually of better quality in many respects than what was available in US grocery stores, such as raw milk, sold at the time for about $1.00 (US) a gallon. I elected to do that since the government in the US imposed, and still does, rigid standards for the production of milk, and getting license to sell raw milk on the open market is next to impossible in California and in many, if not all, states. You have to forgive my indiscretions, since I worked on my uncles dairy farm in New Mexico during my teen years, and NOTHING at all compares with good fresh raw milk! I can attest to that now at the age of 56! I'm still alive and kicking today, by the way, as readers here probably can attest to, even though I violated the US and several State governments and bought milk by choice anyway! I've done that under the table here in Idaho as well. No. I won't reveal the source for the farm where I bought my milk here locally, even under the penalty of law. Point is. I made a personal choice, all on my own to drive to Mexico and buy grocieries there, including milk. This isn't so much a deviation from the subject matter over socialized medicine as it is to getting government as far removed as possible from medical choices that each individual has a right to make on their own over their own free choices, and the products, services and availability of such on a truly free market environment. I suppose I see a correlation here somewhere. Mainly, Canadians are streaming into the US for medical care that is no longer available in Canada, and BOTH Canadians and Americans are streaming into Mexico to obtain medical care that is prohibited in BOTH countries. I wonder why that might be the case? Perhaps mandated, socialized, government into the medical choices for each individual isn't really such a great idea after all. Maybe a truly free market might be the real answer (although not a perfect one, as no utopia ever is) to overcoming the so-called medical crisis in America. Again, not perfect in any respect, but the best one that meets the needs, choices and desires of the majority of citizens on any given day. Kindest regards, Frank _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [email protected] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
