Re: [Winona] Insurance Execs Bribing Democrats AND Republicans?

[DeanLanz]

Health care is rationed in this country as well.
Only rather than a need-based ration it is rationed on the ability to pay.
It is commonly accepted that the very rich and the very poor can get health care (at least a minimum amount of it) in this country, it is still a fact that over 30 million Americans, a large percentage of them children have NO health care coverage.  
If one starts with the assumption that health care, like other commodities, is a finite item which system rations that item in a more equitable manner? The one where the health care goes to the most needy, i.e., the "sickest," or the one where the health care is given to the one who can most afford to pay for it?
Many years ago, in a political science class at WSU we were discussing this issue. To illustrate a point, I took my Medical Assistance card from my wallet and explained the under this program I could get the health care I needed when and where I needed it without any immediate cost to me. (A situation that is no longer true) I then said that in my opinion everyone in the country should have the same privilege.
An opinion that has not changed during the intervening years.
Dean Lanz