Originally posted by: sportage
Maybe the whole problem with us healthcare system that it is NOT totally government ran.
MAybe free market has been the problem all along.
Maybe we need a 100% ran government healthcare system, like the military, post office
and fed tax system.
After all, in Iraq (for example) it was the independent non-government controlled
contractors that cost us, that failed us, and were out of control.
If the us military were the only factor in the Iraq war, would not the outcome
have been successful? Costs controlled? Losses eliminated?
Except, that's not entirely true. A large part of why the military is able to do what they are doing with the success that they have had is BECAUSE there are civilian private contractors there doing a LOT of the "heavy lifting". They're maintaining equipment, building bases, running chow halls, tranporting supplies, running security, supplementing our troops. There's no way that the military could have pulled of the scale of operations in Iraq without the private contractors.
The us post office is very successful. It is government ran.
The fed tax system is very successful. Its government ran.
The us military is very successful. Its government ran.
All a very small piece of the population, there is no way the government is going to be able to run the healthcare for the entire nation. The amount of beauracracy alone would be overwhelming, and the expansion of government into our lives would be irreversible. I know that I don't want the government in charge of my healthcare, me and my insurance, and doctor are doing just fine. And the Post OFfice is revenue-neutral, doesn't, or isn't supposed to turn a profit, most people I think that go into medical school want to turn a profit, and that's their right, they choose a long education to provide a special service, and deserve to be paid well for it.