Individual Mandate
So, according to this Hillary Clinton announced her Health Care plan.
The "problem" is that not all Americans have Health Care.
Her solution? Require that all Americans buy Health Care.
It's brilliant!
Monday, September 17, 2007
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Someone i work with was going on about how great the US medical field is because of capitalism. Best Medical Care in the world he said. thats mostly subjective, so i won't argue why he was wrong there. but what i did say was, "Yes, great medical advancements that only the wealthy can afford." I then told him my mother's story. he was done talking after that.
On one hand he is correct, in that capitalism has led to the greatest medical breakthroughs in the history of man. On the other hand, capitalism is the cause of ballooning health costs at close to an exponential rate.
The problem being that wealthy people will pay just about anything to live longer, so that they can enjoy their wealth. As a result, capitalism does exactly as it is trained to do, and cranks the shit out of life saving medical practice costs. Therefore making health care affordable only to the wealthy.
So we want capitalism for its ability to spur progress with regard to medical science. But we don't want capitalism with regard to the price of those treatments which result from the progress?
we need more maisels in the health care feild.
maisel would find the cure for cancer for the sake of finding a cure for cancer. not to make money or get more grants.
Too right. Capitalism has brought us nigh-unto a new golden age. Finally, I can stop being embarassed by my yellow toenails!
THEY INVENT DISORDERS!!!!
Health Insurance is weird.
We pay these companies a lot of money so that if we get sick our bill will be slightly less.
Why not just skip the company and pay for the bills ourself?
the cost of a serious illness would be more than the total of the fees you have paid.
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