ST Alpha - "Paul Krugman hits the nail on the head, re: health care reform. -- (link)" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Login
Create Account

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 155

Paul Krugman hits the nail on the head, re: health care reform. -- (link)

Posted by znufrii Aug 31 '09, 07:51

(No message)

"[O]ur political system's ability to deal with real problems has been degraded to such an extent that I sometimes wonder whether the country is still governable." (www.nytimes.com)

Responses:

i still haven figured out why the employer is involved in health care - Danedukenuuk Aug 31, 08:24 4
- well, after the government, it's the next logical level in terms of the percentage of people who would be affected. - znufrii Aug 31, 08:27 3
  - If you assume you have to have a top-down approach. In Australia (for example) people choose their own private healthcare insurer -- nm - Roger More Aug 31, 08:43
  - sure, but it also restricts (or can be restricting) you when changing jobs - Danedukenuuk Aug 31, 08:39 1
    - Well, yes, I think the flaws in the employer-based model are evident. - znufrii Aug 31, 08:42
Fascism! -- nm - Mop Aug 31, 07:52 3
- Or, as the poster I have in my room says: Fascism: It works! -- nm - Mop Aug 31, 07:58 2
  - as tempting as a dictatorship can be in certain trying times, the downsides far outweigh the upsides. -- nm - znufrii Aug 31, 08:29
  - so does selective memory -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 31, 08:27

Post a message top

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.