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To: shrinkermd
Neither the government nor the private sector has succeeded in controlling health spending.

Nor should they. If people were exposed to the costs of their health care, they'd control it themselves.

The best fix ? Allow full deductibility of health insurance in the tax code, push high deductible/HSA insurance, rein in trial lawyer lawsuits, allow people to buy the health insurance coverage they think they want instead of having it mandated by the state, allow lower level medical workers - nurses, physician assistants, etc - to offer first-line care for colds, ear infections and the like, and allow primary care clinics to open at will.

After few years of seeing those results, then we can see what's what. Until the market is allowed to work, we can't get a handle around this beast.

3 posted on 12/06/2007 7:15:18 AM PST by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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To: cinives

GET the GOVERNMENT out of HEALTH CARE!!!! That Middle Man costs a LOT!


4 posted on 12/06/2007 8:20:27 AM PST by goodnesswins (Being Challenged Builds Character! Being Coddled Destroys Character!)
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