Posted by sid on January 1, 2002, at 10:38:38
In reply to Re: venlafaxine PLEASE READ Sid,old school,jimmy gold, posted by OldSchool on January 1, 2002, at 10:24:26
You wrote:
"Get rid of the powerful insurance lobbying capabilities and make politicians answer directly to the American citizen voter. "That's precisely what socialised medicine is !
It has nothing to do with communism. Yes, there are problems in Canada because there has been abuse in the past, and the system needs a reform there too. However, I have lived in different countries, Canada and the US being two of them, (I had insurance in the US), and the system I prefer is the Canadian one. Canadian doctors go to the US to earn real money, why? Because of the lobbies of insurance companies which leads to monstruous salaries for doctors. Get rid of that in the US and you'll fix part of the problem in Canada too - doctors will be paid less in the US and everybody will be happy. Except doctors who are part of the lobby of course.
Health care is in part a public good and as such, it can never be provided efficiently by private firms. At a minimum, it needs costly regulation and monitoring, and socialized health care certainly an interesting option, depending on HOW it is done. A benevolent government is not a communist government - learn to make the difference between the two for goodness sake! Mac Arthur and communism are both dead.
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