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To: britlabour

The problem I have with it is principle-based. No, it it not good, IMO, to borrow any socialist ideas. If people need healthcre, they’ll just have to pay for it themselves.


7 posted on 04/24/2008 8:09:17 AM PDT by arderkrag (Libertarian Nutcase (Political Compass Coordinates: 9.00, -2.62 - www.politicalcompass.org))
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disabled, war-widows, etc etc? What about those.


10 posted on 04/24/2008 8:13:46 AM PDT by britlabour
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To: arderkrag
If people need healthcre, they’ll just have to pay for it themselves.

There's the rub, right there. The fact is, people DO pay for it themselves, always. The only question is whether they pay for it directly, as in a fee-for-services arrangement, or indirectly through insurance companies, co-ops, government-run agencies, or what have you.

Any structure other than fee-for-services necessarily adds overhead to the system. Insurance companies add a lot of overhead, and government adds even more.

11 posted on 04/24/2008 8:14:02 AM PDT by Oberon (What does it take to make government shrink?)
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