cicerone imposter wrote:okie wrote: Universal health care is a better measurement of your politics than the war I would think. If you oppose federal intervention in education, why would you favor federal intervention of health care? The congressional restaurants are going broke and have to be propped up with millions, so what makes you think that Congress can run health care if they can't even manage their own restaurants profitably?
Really. Our country spends the greatest amount on health care while 47 million Americans live without any coverage. That makes me a liberal?
Wake up and smell the coffee.
Actually, I am also for all people having health insurance, I just don't favor government run universal health care. I think we can improve our system by using the tax system, taking insurance away from being an employer responsibility, injecting more competition, maybe tweaking the Medicaid program somewhat, and getting the states into the act.
I think life spans have alot to do with lifestyle, such as obesity, in this country, and I think insurance premiums could rightly be adjusted by companies per our weight problems, whether we smoke or not, etc. Insurance premiums should not be allowed to be different according to health conditions out of our control, but life style choices within our control should be free game. This would serve to improve our health as much as anything, when it affects our right hip pocket.
In regard to 47 million Americans currently without health insurance, how many are illegals, and how many choose not to have insurance, and how many are part of a revolving door, perhaps had insurance a while back, and will again have it soon, while others enter the category? I do not think it is a static group of people, certainly not all.
I also think states could better manage providing or mandating insurance for those that cannot afford insurance better than the federal government can. I have dealt with too many federal agencies to believe they can do anything efficiently at all. We have deficiencies, but still the best health care system in the world, I believe. Recent family members experience tends to support that belief.
Another subject here, cyclops wants to be a friend to have a friend. I don't particularly think making friends should be the goal of our national security system. Common sense has been thrown out the window, in favor of political correctness. That is why the whole subject is the butt of jokes nowadays.