tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post530616426936945292..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: ABC's John Stossel on National HealthcareRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-5425793444696957342009-08-05T18:32:29.654-04:002009-08-05T18:32:29.654-04:00Absurd, EB. Health care was the best in the world...Absurd, EB. Health care was the best in the world back when it was market-based. Only after the introduction of socialist crimes against humanity like Medicare/Medicaid did costs skyrocket and rationing begin. Under full government control, things could only possibly get worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-47219601849245123422009-08-05T09:22:14.889-04:002009-08-05T09:22:14.889-04:00I have lived in a former communist country for the...I have lived in a former communist country for the past 10 years. I was looking forward to going back to health care in the US...at least until now. The report is absolutely true. In the socialist health care system where I live now there are long waits and they do not practice "advanced" medicine. Why should they when the doctors are paid the same as a common laborer and the Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611946242367220204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-85086193827426680012009-08-05T06:52:02.834-04:002009-08-05T06:52:02.834-04:00RE: Anonymous:
The way the USA got to be first in...RE: Anonymous:<br /><br />The way the USA got to be first in the world in nearly everything, including medicine, is that for the entire 19th Century the USA had almost no government to speak of. People here were free to seek their own success while risking their own failure. The result was a backwards agrarian nation becoming the world's foremost economic powerhouse, while at the same time Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-53513835971503338182009-08-04T20:26:33.993-04:002009-08-04T20:26:33.993-04:00He is arguing that it is the profit motive that ha...He is arguing that it is the profit motive that has made heath care the marvel that it is today. The marvel is the ridiculous cost, exactly what you would expect where lives can legally be ransomed for whatever price the market will bear.EBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-51967077136730491842009-08-04T16:00:43.663-04:002009-08-04T16:00:43.663-04:00Healthcare is not a right. We do need to find a so...Healthcare is not a right. We do need to find a solution but one payer plan from the government is not an ideal plan. The government can and will deny benefits. Look at the new plan, due to age or condition you may not be deemed appropriate for a life saving procedure. Please name one government agency that generates revenue?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-8965575459307686572009-08-04T14:17:56.455-04:002009-08-04T14:17:56.455-04:00"Sorry, but I don't trust him because of ..."Sorry, but I don't trust him because of his own agenda"<br />That really scary Libertarian agenda. You know the one that says it is wrong to use force to take money from your neighbor. Doing that is theft. Theft is wrong. Even if it is the Government doing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56131996131781867652009-08-04T14:17:15.910-04:002009-08-04T14:17:15.910-04:00"Sorry, but I don't trust him because of ..."Sorry, but I don't trust him because of his own agenda"<br />That really scary Libertarian agenda. You know the one that says it is wrong to use force to take money from your neighbor. Doing that is theft. Theft is wrong. Even if it is the Government doing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-74108409023718472332009-08-04T10:56:28.622-04:002009-08-04T10:56:28.622-04:00Sorry, but I don't trust him because of his ow...Sorry, but I don't trust him because of his own agenda. Innovation won't be stifled because in many cases it's the government that pays for research! We rank 37th in the world in terms of how we take care of our own citizens. And the control the health insurance bureaucrats have right now is far, far worse than a Medicare-style reform. I'm on Medicare and I know the governmentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com