"Brian Hill" wrote in message
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"John Byrns" wrote in message

So then the relevant question becomes, are there enough "rich", with
enough money, to finance health care for all the non rich among us,
without rationing?


Regards,

John Byrns


There it is, you just answered your own question. America has the highest
level of poverty and income inequality of any rich nation. The rich and
middle class provide coverage for the poor masses " which is huge in this
country". Deal with poverty in this country and you'll deal with one of
the major costs associatted with our health care system. The other big
problem is that there is more profit in a pound of cure than an ounce of
prevention.


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The biggest problem with health insurance in general, is that the poorest
people, who can least afford it, are the very ones who need it the most.
Because of ignorance, lifestyle choices, attitude, etc. the poorest sector
of the population is the one you most see frequenting the ER departments at
hospitals. There is no solution to this dilemma except to have the upper
middle class and the rich help subsidize health care for the poor. We will
always have the poor with us, and there is some social responsibility for
the more affluent to help take care of the less fortunate. This is not
redistributon of wealth, it is simply, "help your fellow man". "Deal with
poverty in this country," sounds noble and good, but here in America, we
have been trying to deal with poverty for many years. Johnson's war on
poverty and its ilk has cost this country $500 billion over 45 years, and I
have yet to see a noticeable decrease in the numeric percentage of poor
people vs. non poor. Having said that, even the very wealthy sometimes do
not benefit from our health care system. Tim Russert is a good example. No
amount of sophisticated health care was able to help him. Sadly, I might
add. He was a good guy, he'll be missed . . .
Just my .02 worth (adjusted for inflation)
Regards,
Tom