. October 1, 2009 SouthAmerica: I had posted this thread and my other thread on the economics forum, then someone moved them to Politics & Religion. That is the American mentality, and that is why the healthcare system in the US is a mess. Whoever moved this thread thinks that healthcare matters is just a political issue and not an economic matter. Maybe when that person is sick he makes an appointment to see a politician instaed of a doctor. Here is the other thread: Paul Krugman - National Health Insurance http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50265 ****** I am not going to waste time repeating the information that I posted years ago on this subject. I just want to add that the democrats are as incompetent as the republicans and there is not a single soul in Congress that is worth my vote - we have a bunch of incompetent idiots in Congress. It is a sad situation!!!! I wonder why the US Congress has reached such a low level of competence? .
I wonder why the US Congress has reached such a low level of competence? -------------------- Even if you put politics aside, Congress is a case of those knowing more and more about less and less (to use a well worn phrase). There is no big picture in America. Every issue is converted to numbers and math, this way they can justify their position without offending anyone or so they think.
. December 18, 2009 SouthAmerica: "60 million people" About 60 million people in the United States had no health insurance at some point in time after January 2008, according to survey data released from the Centers for Disease and Control Wednesday. .
But isn't this just the kind of thing where a government-run healthcare will deny treatment.. as "too expensive"? They'd want the afflicted to die as quickly as possible to save money.
Maybe our resident know it all genius would care to point out where it says in the Constitution that Health Care is the Governments job in the first place. http://www.freedomworks.org/online-war-room
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Annotations PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE PREAMBLE Although the preamble is not a source of power for any department of the Federal Government, 1 the Supreme Court has often referred to it as evidence of the origin, scope, and purpose of the Constitution.
"An interview on the US health care crisis with Dr. Mary Ruwart, http://www.ruwart.com. Mary J. Ruwart, Ph.D. is a former pharmaceutical research scientist and Assistant Professor of Surgery. She has worked extensively with the disadvantaged in low-income housing and was a contender for the 1992 Libertarian Party Vice-Presidential nomination. Her scientific, political, and community activities have been profiled in several prestigious biographical works, including American Men and Women of Sciences, World's Who's Who of Women, International Leaders in Achievement, and Community Leaders of America" youtube.com