[vaudine]

Sure! Let uneducated, unexprienced locals, some of them on welfare all their lives, sit on the board of a multi million dollar business and make decisions. I once served on the board of a subsidized preschool program where parents were allowed input--unfreakinbelieveable! what they came up with--and were treated as though they were phds with valuable input just as a feel good experiment. It was effective in lifting egos, but unproductive as far as the program went, time consuming, and very boring. There must be a cheaper way to make unproductive people feel good than allowing them to play let's pretend in places where they are totally out of their depth.

In fact, I am thinking some of the above described people wrote this list of "I wants". The most pernicious requirement is "equal care for all. I think that means--"working stiffs needing heart by-pass, you cannot have it unless this illegal welfare recipient can get it, too. What? You can pay; they can't? Makes no difference. If all can't get it, it will not be offered."

But wait! They want to quit spending on high tech equipment, so heart surgery is out anyway.

One question--Where in all this remake of health care do alternative treatments stand? The govt. has been steadily squeezing out many proven alternative remedies.

vaudine

[HiTech RedNeck]

You’ve stepped into a minefield when you kvetch about parents having influence at schools. I hope you realize that.

[Hanna548]

Don’t forget they are also supposed to be given preference in Medical Schools as well.

[freedumb2003]

>>Sure! Let uneducated, unexprienced locals, some of them on welfare all their lives, sit on the board of a multi million dollar business and make decisions.<<

They tried that in L.A. It was called Martin Luther King Drew Medical Center and was shut down for gross incompetence.