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Originally Posted by mikesouth
This is absolutely right and it is the ONLY way it will work.
IF healthcare is NOT a right the we have to let people who cant pay or get charities to pay, die, its that simple
IF healthcare is a right then it has to be paid for plain and simple. I would say a VAT with a premium on unhealthy foods would be the best start. I HATE the idea of government controlling healthcare but it IS inevitable.....as a side note name ONE thing that the government does well that they also have a monopoly on....Is THAT what we want for our healthcare?
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Do you realize we already have 2 working forms of govt controlled healthcare? One is run by the VA and the other is Medicaid. It's not like we need to re-invent the wheel, we just need to expand Medicaid for everyone. It's already there we just need a way to phase it in and to pay for it..
For the record, the VA was pretty damn good before VP Cheney opted to privatize much of it so his big business buddies could fuck over tax payers and give sub par service..