That may be true, so why pay for free health care? I pay for health insurance and I can go any time.
The key to healthcare is to drive down costs. WalMart is offering some prescriptions for 4 dollars each. I get a severe sinus infection once a year or so. I know what it is. Yet I am forced to go to a doctor to get a prescription. The doctor gives me a cheap antibiotic and in ten days I'm completely cured. Why shouldn't I have a prescription on file that allows me to fill it once a year without a doctor? That would save me at least $50.00. Now multiply that by millions of people across the country. I'm not talking about an a high-powered sulfur drug, I'm talking about penicillin or amoxicillin. There are many ways to drive down costs, we just don't have the will to do it. ************************************************* Barack Obama is not My President http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike --- On Fri, 11/21/08, Geoff Flight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Geoff Flight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [OT] 25 billion won't do it? > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 3:52 AM > Socialized medicine actually DOES work as the majority of > countries in the > western world wil tell you. Your Canadian anecdote forgets > the fact that the > 8month delay is for FREE govt care. She can get a private > appointment > quickly just as you can however, you wont get a free > consult ever. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Michael Madigan > Sent: Friday, 21 November 2008 6:53 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: RE: [OT] 25 billion won't do it? > > Socialized medicine doesn't work. We have a friend in > Canada who is > suffering from depression. The authorities have decided > it's not an > emergency and has scheduled her a psychiatric appointment > for 8 months from > now. > > In the United States, it may take a few weeks to get an > appointment, or less > with a cancellation. Clearly socialized medicine is not > the answer. > > She should drive a few hours to the NY border and get an > appointment there. > > In the United States everyone over 65 gets Medicare and > Social Security. My > mother lives quite nicely on that. > > > ************************************************* > Barack Obama is not My President > > http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike > > --- On Fri, 11/21/08, Geoff Flight > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Geoff Flight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [OT] 25 billion won't do it? > To: "'ProFox Email List'" > <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 2:51 AM > > Which kind of proves my point. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Michael Madigan > Sent: Friday, 21 November 2008 6:17 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: RE: [OT] 25 billion won't do it? > > How silly. > > ************************************************* > Barack Obama is not My President > > http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike > > --- On Fri, 11/21/08, Geoff Flight > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Geoff Flight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [OT] 25 billion won't do it? > To: "'ProFox Email List'" > <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 2:30 AM > > You are supposed to be such an advanced culture and economy > yet you don't > have basic health and welfare sorted out. It really > isn't that hard if you > assume profit isn't the only motivation behind every > single policy. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Pete Theisen > Sent: Friday, 21 November 2008 5:55 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [OT] 25 billion won't do it? > > Geoff Flight wrote: > > It is quite weird to hear talk of US companies and > their 'health and > > pension' costs. Here in Australia we have national > health and well > organized > > superannuation. Companies don't have to provide > this junk. While > national > > health and welfare seems to be anathema to Americans > for some reason, this > > is just another good reason why you should have it. > > > > Hi Geoff! > > You don't understand. If they let 63 year old me live > in a house, eat > food, get around in a car, take medicine and see a doctor I > might > socialize with women and (gasp) father a child. > > As it is, instead I will die if they aggressively neglect > me. Then, free > from the scourge of all these domestic children, they can > import their > teenage labor from Mexico. Simple when you think it > through. > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://pete-theisen.com/ > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. 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