On Dec 31, 2007 10:18 AM, Craig Froehle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 31, 2007 9:52 AM, Blumstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Same people that are protecting us from nail clippers! > > Aren't you glad that the government doesn't run healthcare?-) > > Riiiight...because healthcare works SO well in this country as it is. > > http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-transplant22dec22,1,500306.story?coll=la-headlines-california > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR2007120702046.html > http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/121207/news_20071212060.shtml > http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/bg2092.cfm > > I'm not saying a single-payer system is the best solution, but what we > have right now is neither effective nor efficient. Can government > action help improve it? It's certainly possible. After all, we don't > insist private industry be left completely on its own for most other > "critical infrastructure" (roads, air travel, military, police, fire, > telecoms, etc.), so why healthcare? That's a rhetorical question, by > the way...no response is necessary.
I don't know about government run anything, but I'd like to get my entire salary and then use the power of the internet and surveying agencies to pick the plan that is right for me, so I don't end up having surprises after i get my root canal. A root canal eased by the ease at which I could check my email on my Treo :) -- ============================== War Eagle
