[mdlug-discuss] health care (was: Iraq stuff again)

[Raymond Ingles]

On 3/26/07, Wolfger <wolfger at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/26/07, allen <amajorov at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> > Many's the time I've asked "if socialized medicine is a
> > disaster everywhere it's been tried why will it work in America?"
> >
>
> The answer, of course, is "if it's a disaster everywhere else, then it
> probably won't work in America". Of course, there's that "if" in the front,
> which I believe is a false presupposition. If socialized medicine truly is a
> disaster everywhere it's been tried, then why do so many countries keep it?

 Perhaps they're just a *different* disaster than what we have here:

http://www.faultline.org/place/toad/archive/003113.html
http://www.faultline.org/place/toad/archive/003114.html
http://pandagon.net/2007/03/14/i-thought-donated-meant-free/

> I think the answer is that it's *not* a disaster everywhere it's been tried.

 Perhaps there are lessons to be extracted from how things are done
elsewhere that could be applied here, even if the entire system
wouldn't work?