JB> charged $2500 for a few hours?  The hospital is going to get their mone
 JB> whether it come from increased rates or tax write-offs..  If you'd rath
 ML> You're trying to rationalize socialism, but you're not the first to
 ML> do so.  Stalin, Hitler, and Castro did the same thing before you did.
 ML> You've already created in your own mind a "right" to health care
 ML> regardless of one's ability to pay.  In order to pay for this
 ML> "right," you're willing to forcibly take wealth from others in order
 ML> to pay for your "right." That's socialism and borders on
 ML> totalitarianism.
Sorry Mark, you've got it wrong.. When the hospital increases rates to cover 
their costs for the folks that can't pay, you aren't looking at socialism.. 
Sounds like free-enterprise to me..
 ML> What if I want a new swimming pool for my home and I can't afford to
 ML> pay?  Should the government take your money to pay for my swimming
 ML> pool?  Heck, who's goingto pay the bill for the pool if you don't?
I noticed that I didn't get an answer to the last question I posed.  What's 
the solution to the problem, Mark?
JB
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