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Old 03-23-2014, 11:15 AM
 
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“It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.”
---- Thomas Sowell
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Old 03-23-2014, 11:19 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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What are "eople".

Aliens?
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Old 03-23-2014, 11:21 AM
 
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“It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.”
---- Thomas Sowell

???
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Old 03-23-2014, 11:22 AM
 
Location: Buckeye, AZ
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Healthcare is a right for all. Quality healthcare is a different story.
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Old 03-23-2014, 11:22 AM
 
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You can't understand this??? LOL

“It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.”
---- Thomas Sowell
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Old 03-23-2014, 11:26 AM
 
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“It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.”
---- Thomas Sowell
Of course not so easily broken down. But even without direct Gov't bureaucracy we still would have to support and bear the costs of the bureaucracy and overheads of a multitude of private HC insurance concerns. And as HC is so critically important to most all our people, there would also still have to be some central concern and regulatory oversight. i.e. more Gov't bureaucracy.
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Old 03-23-2014, 11:28 AM
 
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Of course not so easily broken down. But even without direct Gov't bureaucracy we still would have to support and bear the costs of the bureaucracy and overheads of a multitude of private HC insurance concerns. And as HC is so critically important to most all our people, there would also still have to be some central concern and regulatory oversight. i.e. more Gov't bureaucracy.
Obama has been pushing for government control of the economy, while leaving ownership in private hands. That way, politicians get to call the shots but, when their bright ideas lead to disaster, they can always blame those who own businesses in the private sector.

Obama to force insurance companies to cover the children of their customers until t they are 26 years old. Obviously, this creates favorable publicity for President Obama. But if it causes insurance premiums to rise, then Obama can blamed on the "greed" of the insurance companies.

libertarian neocon: Thomas Sowell: Obama is a Fascist Not a Socialist
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Old 03-23-2014, 11:29 AM
 
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You can't understand this??? LOL

“It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.”
---- Thomas Sowell

Only thing I can think of is Obamacare.
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Old 03-23-2014, 11:32 AM
 
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Obama has been pushing for government control of the economy, while leaving ownership in private hands. That way, politicians get to call the shots but, when their bright ideas lead to disaster, they can always blame those who own businesses in the private sector.

Obama to force insurance companies to cover the children of their customers until t they are 26 years old. Obviously, this creates favorable publicity for President Obama. But if it causes insurance premiums to rise, then Obama can blamed on the "greed" of the insurance companies.

libertarian neocon: Thomas Sowell: Obama is a Fascist Not a Socialist

Don't the parents have to pay insurance premiums on their covered adult children? Since young adults are cheap to cover, wouldn't that use the parents' premiums to subsidize the older and sicker?
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Old 03-23-2014, 11:36 AM
 
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Healthcare is a right for all. Quality healthcare is a different story.
Healthcare is NOT a right. In a civilized society it might be a responsibility, but it's not a right.
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