I had a traffic infarction once, but got off with a relatively light fine. stan
On Sep 21, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Bob W wrote: >> One of the big problems with health care in this country is that people > don't >> take responsibility for their own health. They eat lousy food. Or should I > say >> "over eat"? In the process they consume excessive amounts of fat and > sugar. >> They get no exercise. They become diabetic. Their arteries get clogged up >> and they have heart attacks and strokes. They develop cancer. Then they >> demand that the medical system go to any lengths to keep them alive. Who >> ends up paying the bill? >> > > that's the price of having universal healthcare. I'm fairly sure that in > countries that have it, the overwhelming majority of people are happy to pay > the price for the benefits it brings, one of which is the satisfaction of > knowing you live in a civilised society that doesn't abandon the needy, > however their need was caused. I support this principle wholeheartedly, and > not just because I'm a really nice guy - enlightened self-interest comes > into it. I have benefited from the system in times when I've been solely > responsible for my injuries. > > In addition to that, it removes a burden which would otherwise fall on > doctors. It's the responsibility of doctors in a well-ordered society to > treat people based on clinical need, not on value judgments about the cause > of the need (or on people's ability to pay). > >> Never expected to get into this kind of discussion on this list. But all > in all, as >> long as it's gone on and as many people who have participated, to this > late >> interloper it seems, for the radical differences of opinion, to have gone > on >> pretty civilly. > > we don't like to get over-excited in case it triggers an apoplectic > infarction. > > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
