Re: Bu*** repugnicanism

From: GMCarter (fiar_at_verizon.net)
Date: 09/03/04 

Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 11:10:10 GMT

On 2 Sep 2004 21:51:01 -0700, iiwwms@hotmail.com (Charles) wrote:

>Dear Sir,
>
>Your collectivist assumptions are only that... assumptions.

Utterly incorrect. There are models of such systems of healthcare that
work. And we do not need to make any assumptions about the state of
healthcare in the United States: it is abysmal. And getting worse. The
boneheaded ideas of Bush in this regard are great for the rich
(savings plans) and suck for the rest of America.

>Its as
>though it were impossible for the world to have health care unless we
>had it via socialism. Did you ever consider that you woultn't NEED
>someone else to pay your bills if they just had tort reform?

Rhetorical question presumes an answer that is not based on
anything--ergo an assumption. Tort reform is probably an important
piece of improving healthcare -- but not the kind that abrogates
patients' RIGHT to sue, as suggested by repugnicans. However, in and
of itself, it will most certainly not be adequate to provide
healthcare. Price controls, a single payer system.

>They
>would be such as you could afford them.... you know... like your
>mother used to do. Can you explain why you can't go to the doctor and
>get a gall bladder removed in a 1 hour operation for 500.00? So why
>are they 10,000? Because of insurance, and tort abuse, and the
>wimpiness of the population, who are so afraid of life's liabilities
>that they have a heart attack if their government god fails to
>guarantee them butter on both sides of their toast. As for me, if I
>get sick and can't pay for it, I will either seek some form of private
>charity, or go home and die. That's ok, isn't it? Or is dying a sin
>too?

I see. So you're fine with that choice. Others may not be. And I
support my country's efforts to create a fair and equitable system of
healthcare to all. It makes our nation stronger. It helps our people
to be stronger--and pursue happiness.

                George M. Carter