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Some of my best friends live in trailer parks. 
Laz116, your first question about healthcare in this country seemed to imply that you had an open mind and were seeking information as to why the opposition to standardized healthcare felt the way that they do. However, when Nate and others tried to explain it, you digressed into calling them narrow minded and bashing the policies of the United States and, indeed, pulled out the racist card. |
I call them narrowminded, if the answer is that the USA already has the best system in the world, and all the data that says otherwise are just corrupt.
I didn't bring up race. Madam Broskina did.
If the message is that the US is just the best whether it comes to Health care, education, tolerance etc., while all other countries with their backwards "socialized" medicine is far worse off, then it's hard to take seriously.
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I've worked as both a federal and state employee. I've seen how government agencies work and the LAST thing I want is some government bureaucracy running my healthcare. For the record, I don't like the way my insurance company runs it either, but they've at least got some experience doing it.
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But it doesn't have to be one or the other. It's quite possible to have both private and public health care side by side. What you are arguing, is that the system should be totally static, because every change involves someone without experience taking on a new field of work.
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Finally, as a teacher in what you call "socialized" education, I would love to get the bureaucrats out of my hair and let educators run the system. At least they would know what actually happens in the classroom.
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That is indeed a problem. Also here in Denmark.
Anyways: This thread was somewhat enlightening after all. Although I still fail to understand the level of emotion brought into this topic. But that's probably because I live in a country where we are used to the government sticking its nose into everything.