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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
If having a system where you are not refused treatment for pre-existing conditions, you cannot be tricked into owing devastating bills because of fine print, you're still able to take your children to the doctor even if you lose you job, and you feel free to change jobs without worrying about losing your health coverage is utopian, then our country is the only non-utopian country in the Western world.
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You've overstated the situation, but certainly there's room for improvement of the heath care situation in the US.
I hope we remain a non-utopian country. The lessons of history - whether political or economic or social - are pretty clear: top down schemes for reforming things don't work, and frequently make things worse.
For crying out loud, just take a look at what's happening in Massachusetts. Read what the Dean of the Harvard Medical School has to say.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...994054014.html
I prefer a system that works fairly well for most people to one which will cover less for more people, at a greater expense and inefficiency.
I also prefer a system that's not run by the government. I work for the government. That's how I developed that preference. (Yeah, it's the argument from authority, but after 37 years, I actually AM an authority...)