Do You Think Obama is a Socialist... Do You Care?

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superchunk said:
Yeah the magical free market of fairies and unicorns. wtf.

I'm so sick of that line of bs to fix all economic problems. It won't work!

There must be regulation or you'll simply see the big guys rob and buy out the little guys, killiing off competition and raising prices to increase profits.

I agree wholeheartedly with reducing current costs. Insurance companies are robbed daily by hospitals and medical product suppliers. It shouldn't cost $100 for a roll of tape when I can buy it from Walmart for a buck.

However, that doesn't take away from the principle idea that as a nation of moral "civilized" people who should strive for the happiness of all people. Not just yourself.

On top of that, one of the best ways to reduce costs is to allow everyone access to preventative care.

So, I'd prefer a mixture of decreased costs by regulation of the medical supply market and changes in tax/group ins costs/etc.

Maybe instead of all those different free market insurance companies, we have one that all Americans pay into. If everyone is part of it, including the law makers, you can bet that it won't suck.

Well considering once upon a time we had free market health care and it worked quite well i don't see why it won't know especially when all indicators towards antionalized health care suggest failure.

Think about it.  We had free market priot to the mid 70's and it worked.  We have nationalized services right now like Medicare and it's failing.  We already know one path works and the other doesn't.

Also, I agree that some regulations may be necessary but regulations is hardly nationalizing something.  A free market doesn't mean some regulations can't be in place either.

1 national monopoly vs competitive markets?  We already know how well that works and it isn't pretty.

Finally, America is the most giving in the world.  More donations per capita than any other country.  We give because we can and have a desire to do so.  Not because our government forces us to do it.  People love to think of us as self centered yet why do we give more of our own free volition per capita than anyone if we're so selfish?