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

[Aaron Kulkis]

Raymond Ingles wrote:
> 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/

Pandagon?

You realize that she's so far off the deep end that even
the Edwards campaign fired her.

Really, Ray, you must learn to be more selective in your
sources of information.

> 
>> 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?
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