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Re: Another one o' them smoking ban threads....
Just to clarify on a few things I've said:
-"common sense" is not denying the alcoholic a liver transplant if the list has rolled around to his name (that is just mean) but rather denying him common funds to pay for the surgery. so...violating common sense with respect to the universal health care system is taking deliberate action to ensure or increase the chance of requiring medical care, at no real benefit to the man requiring the treatment, while someone else is paying the bill. its rude to expect the coverage (of bill), and it violates 'common sense' to pay for it. I understand that you have to drive to work, but you don't have to go over the speed limit etc...
-Exercise not as a law, but just to change our society a little bit so that moving around and taking care of yourself is more available in fun ways. more recess in school, more public parks, parents reminding their kids that real football is as fun as madden 08 etc
-free market is used in reference to HMOs, or the links between average people and the complex health care system. Its not about doctors competing against one another, ideally, but moreso people paying for coverage that suits their needs instead of assuming the way things are is the way they have to be. Money talks is pretty much the philosophy, I would like people to be more hands-on with their in a country that is based on capitalism
-There are disparities in every facet of life, including health care, based on your ability to pay. Guess what my proposed philosophy is to dampen these disparities
-I still stand by my point that health care is not a right
-There are community/charity hospitals and a government safetynet, so the analogy to water fountains does apply to health care, even if at a smaller scale. I'm not sure if anyone here wants to expands these programs, though
-90% of my concern about health care is not that we can or can not solve certain issues (others are innate), its just that lobbyists/bad politicians would not allow the universal health care bill to do what it should
Respond to my original post, but read these before doing so, please
Last edited by IsiliRunite; 06-11-2008 at 05:49 PM.
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