the new health care?

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by saden1

Your cynicism is dually noted. One thing I am fairly certain of is that the quality of care for 45 million people without covrage will improve. My employer still has the option of paying our HMO $$$ so I don't see how the quality of care will decrease. Maybe they will all decide to drop their HMO plans and rely on the government. I having uninsured is good for the insured. I suppose less competition is always good for the apex predator.

Is anyone working a book titled "Universal Healthcare: Tragedy Waiting to Happen" yet?

First off take that 45 million and cut that in half and thats closer to the number of people who cannot get or cannot afford health ins.

[dmek25]

Originally Posted by firstdown

First off take that 45 million and cut that in half and thats closer to the number of people who cannot get or cannot afford health ins.

link? and anyway, isn't 22 million people without insurance enough?

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by dmek25

link? and anyway, isn't 22 million people without insurance enough?

22 million is not enough in the big picture to tear apart our complete health care system. I'm too lazy to look up the numbers but in that 45 million that encludes people who loose their coverage for a short period of time, young adults who feel they dont need coverage, people who could afford coverage but decide to buy other things, ect.... Heck, if our goverment cannot run Medicare or Social Security right why do would we want them to run our health care which will be a much larger task? Medicare and Social Security are both in trouble now and have been in the pass so the goverment has had to cut the coverage, raise deductibles, tax SS, etc... and that's the same thing that will happen to goverment provided health coverage. Heck, even with the cuts they have made in those programs both are still in trouble.