The Buffett Rule

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Originally Posted by justplugit

Sources please.

Not going to spend the time to Google, but I'll take the Wiki as good enough...

Canadians strongly support the health system's public rather than for-profit private basis, and a 2009 poll by Nanos Research found 86.2% of Canadians surveyed supported or strongly supported "public solutions to make our public health care stronger."[6][7]

A 2009 Harris/Decima poll found 82% of Canadians preferred their healthcare system to the one in the United States, more than ten times as many as the 8% stating a preference for a US-style health care system for Canada[8] while a Strategic Counsel survey in 2008 found 91% of Canadians preferring their healthcare system to that of the U.S.[9][10] In the same poll, when asked "overall the Canadian health care system was performing very well, fairly well, not very well or not at all?" 70% of Canadians rated their system as working either "well" or "very well".[citation needed] A 2003 Gallup poll found only 25% of Americans are either "very" or "somewhat" satisfied with "the availability of affordable healthcare in the nation", versus 50% of those in the UK and 57% of Canadians. Those "very dissatisfied" made up 44% of Americans, 25% of respondents of Britons, and 17% of Canadians.[11]

In November 2004, Canadians voted Tommy Douglas, Canada's "father of Medicare", the Greatest Canadian of all time following a nationwide contest sponsored by the CBC.[12][13]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_health_care#Public_opinion

I'm not saying that the Canadian system is perfect, or even that I'd want it, but that Canadians seem to like it.

If your insurance company won't cover chemo at age 75 for you, ya betta get another company,you'll be there before ya know it.

The point was that a huge amount of money is spent keeping people alive those extra years regardless if it's government sponsored or through private insurance.

Rationing, already exists in both scenarios as neither private or public care will fun increasingly expensive treatment with little return. There's also indirect rationing where charging more for drugs here than other countries either forces them to travel or prices Americans out of the treatment.

BTW, Govt. announced today they want everyones medical records computerized for Obamacare. Like they will remain private.
BIG BROTHER at it's best.
Whats next ?????

Privacy is certainly a concern, but you also complained about 600B in fraud earlier. How do you think they're going to fight this without a clear grasp of what's really going on?

If implemented property, I'd think the benefits (reduced costs, quality of care) outweigh the risks.

-spence