Its over, the Dems win

[Wes Tausend]

Originally Posted by Dan40

...Agreeing that some reform in health care is necessary should be nearly unanimous. But that is in fixing the few problems in the best health care system on the planet. Fixing with logic, reason, and results orientated. NOT scrapping an excellent system so the worst dregs of society can have insurance they can't pay for, and putting everyone's health under Government control. Our HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HAS one MAJOR PROBLEM, COST. Does it take a year of BS and 4000 pages to adress cost? NO! Its all about control, NOT fixing anything!...

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...So now they have passed a Senate health INSURANCE bill, NOT HEALTH CARE, claiming all the problems not solved by 100 years of very close insurance regulation , will be solved by even more regulation by the same politicians. I am embarrassed by the national stupidity...

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WHEN are you going to address the simple FACT that insurance company rates and profits are and have been 100% CONTROLLED,REGULATED, AND APPROVED, by politicians of both parties.

And PROFIT is one of the best words in our language, without profit and the desire for profit, we would not exist.
And if the liberal dreamers get their way, we won't exist.

Dan,

I see some common ground here. I agree cost is all of it, which prompted me to point out what a disproportionate amount of my (and yours too, probably) monthly outgo goes to healthcare now. I think the "change" will be a useless and possibly damaging execise. Not sure I agree we currently have the best system, but we no doubt do have some outstanding people in the medical field.

Agree it's become an insurance issue rather than actual healthcare. It is embarassing. But deregulation starting with Carter, escalating with Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Bush, has nearly brought this country to its knees. Something has become fishy with letting the corporate union foxes self-guard the henhouse. I don't see it as any different than letting labor unions self-regulate themselves. Where would we be?

Regulation is what governments are for and it's about time they started doing it right. Probably ain't gonna happen though; you're right about that. Somebody is pocketing a fortune and they want to keep it that way.

PROFIT is a good word in our language, but what the H is profit? Is it money one makes off other people because they somehow foolishly lost it? Or is it something never lost that occurs because somebody worked hard to get it? I think REWARD FOR HARD WORK is a better set of words.

I don't mind the few bucks that bottom feeder welfarees cost me. But I'm sick of lazy welfare recipients at the top that take fully half of everything I work for. 1% of America owns 51% of the wealth and it's been growing. I assume always taking 51% of the pie, or better, is how it's done. It's often called profit. Maybe excess profit would be more accurate.

Have a great holiday, everyone!
Wes

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