Darwin is coming for the GOP

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

I read what you wrote and it was gibberish
So I asked you a question so that perhaps you could explain why what works in Great Britain is impossible here and as usual, since you can’t answer the question rationally you claim you didn’t say that.
Then you spout some idiocy that a larger pool somehow increases costs per capita (better explain this to the rest of the insurance industry) and health care costs are all the fault of educators and trial lawyers.
Really?
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"So I asked you a question so that perhaps you could explain why what works in Great Britain is impossible here "

I didn't say impossible. What I am saying, is that what works in another country, won't necessarily work the same here. There are a lot of variables, we are very different from most places, in terms of numbers, demographics, socioeconomics.

Does Great Britain have somewhere around 12 million illegal Mexicans living there, who are draining the system? Do they have massive urban areas of poverty, places like Bridgeport, Chicago, the projects of LA and NYC? I don't know. But you need to ask those questions, before you say "it works in Britain, therefore it will work here."

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by scottw

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/w...h-service.html

There's that, too. How well it "works" in Britain, can be debated.

[Pete F.]

I have yet to see any country say we should emulate the American health care system
We spend double what most developed countries do on health care
It could change but not as long as we say it’s too complicated and we need to study it more
Meanwhile the lobbyists running the government make sure to rape us on every facet of medical care
Look at what NAFTA 2.0 did to generic drug prices
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[scottw]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

I agree that we should have a better safety net for those in need. I have no idea how to pay for it.

I'd love to see a list of governmental and non-governmental agencies and services addressing the problems of "those in need"...might out number those actually in need

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

I have yet to see any country say we should emulate the American health care system
We spend double what most developed countries do on health care
It could change but not as long as we say it’s too complicated and we need to study it more
Meanwhile the lobbyists running the government make sure to rape us on every facet of medical care
Look at what NAFTA 2.0 did to generic drug prices
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"I have yet to see any country say we should emulate the American health care system "

No one, and I mean NO ONE, is saying that our current system, is ideal. So once again, you are responding to something that no one has ever said.

"We spend double what most developed countries do on health care "

NO ONE disagrees that it's way too expensive.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by scottw

I'd love to see a list of governmental and non-governmental agencies and services addressing the problems of "those in need"...might out number those actually in need

Well, I said I didn't know how to address it. I do know, that letting the feds do it, is not the way to go.