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[QUOTE]Originally posted by JohnB: [QB] Heath care reform was attempted no fewer than 3 times in the 1900's, each time met with strong opposition and was defeated. The problem lies that someone has to pay for it and the resounding majority do not want taxes to rise to pay for the uninsured. It's nice to think that healthcare can magically be fixed by a proposal, but it won't happen...history has proven this. Then why do we attempt reform? For the simple fact that people use Emergency services for healthcare needs. The current system encourages this, as people will not be turned away due to the inability to pay. Why "buy" insurance, when you can just wait till you're severely ill to obtain treatment? What needs to happen is this...people need to be responsible for themselves. How about a lil personal responsibility? You pay for car insurance, don't you? You drive that car everyday...it's taken care of. How about applying that thought process to one's own well being. It's not a Employer's responsibility to provide health coverage, it's a bonus to the employee, simple as that. If you want to be taken care of, take care of yourself. We (the US) do not have a Universal healthcare system. We have a single-payer healthcare system, in which a single fund (Medicare/Tricare/SCHIP/etc) pays for treatment. If the treatment isn't fully covered, the patient picks up the rest, unless there is a third-party insurer, such as a spouse that has coverage...and then they are potentially billed. There is only one "near" universal healthcare coverage currently in the US...and that's the state of Massachussetts...and those residents had to PAY for their coverage. It wasn't handed out. Gotta love the stuff you learn sitting at the dinner table. My wife deals with this everyday... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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