-=> bob klahn wrote to ALL <=-

 bk>  Just reading more about the health care reform debate, and
 bk>  considering several points. Basic prinicples as it were.

 bk>  I do not like the government requiring anyone to purchase much
 bk>  of anything from the private sector, unless the govt is
 bk>  subsidizing that purchase at least for the poor. In general I am
 bk>  reluctant to see it at all. When Michigan instituted no-fault
 bk>  car insurance it was supposed to save a lot of money. As it
 bk>  turned out there was no real savings. Once the state required
 bk>  everyone who drove to have insurance I saw the price going up.

EDITING BEING DONE HERE
 
 bk>  There is no moral justification I can see for the government to
 bk>  require private citizens to pay private corporations for medical
 bk>  coverage without the government also holding down the cost of
 bk>  those policies, and the spending of the companies on corporate
 bk>  excesses.

Well said and well reasoned, Mr. Klahn. I don't like most gummint and I don't
like paying taxes any more than the next guy. But, gummint and taxes are facts
of life. So, one of the proper functions of gummint should be universal health
care ... similar to the Canuckistan system or what the Brits had before Iron
Pants Thatcher and her doofus gummint emasculated it.

The additional taxes I might have to pay would be offset by the (ever
increasing) premiums that I would no longer have to sweat out for private
health insurance.

BTW - I am on Medicare, so I am already on a single-payer system. I am
referring above to those who do not have the benefits of being over 65 ... just
to keep things semi-honest here. I also carry a Blue Cross supplemental policy
which pays my Medicare deductibles ... so far a stent, pacemaker, kidney stone,
bleeding ulcers (damned near died), and my regular maintenance visits to my
doctor have not cost me one additional cent in out-of-pocket. And that is as
should be. My state (Illinois) even has a program which picks up my Medicare
Part-D prescription coverage.
 
ENJOY!!!

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