Comments on: Healthcare Rant http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/07/11/healthcare-rant/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:12:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Bryan http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/07/11/healthcare-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-27592 Bryan Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:18:10 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/07/11/healthcare-rant/#comment-27592 The fact that it's referred to as "single PAYER" ought to clue people into the fact that it is not free. It will be a withholding tax, and the people who don't pay withholding taxes can pound sand. The fact that it’s referred to as “single PAYER” ought to clue people into the fact that it is not free. It will be a withholding tax, and the people who don’t pay withholding taxes can pound sand.

]]> By: andante http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/07/11/healthcare-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-27587 andante Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:28:28 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/07/11/healthcare-rant/#comment-27587 Yep, I'll vote for you....but you knew that. The most annoying thing to me in the single-payer debate is all the conservatives yelling "IT'S NOT FREE!!!". Well, of course it's not - it's a strawman not even worthy of contempt. Fire protection is not free. Police protection is not free. Public schools are not free. Public utilities are not free. The list goes on and on. Would I switch my crappy coverage, high deductible, nearly $800 monthly premiums for Medicare and a couple hundred $$ monthly supplement? In a heartbeat. In exactly the same way I might pay a private company to clean up fire damage, or a tutor to help my child through school, or a private detective if the police work didn't satisfy me. What's disappointing to me is that business leaders - who have as much to gain and lose as anyone else - aren't more aggressively in the forefront of the debate Yep, I’ll vote for you….but you knew that.

The most annoying thing to me in the single-payer debate is all the conservatives yelling “IT’S NOT FREE!!!”.

Well, of course it’s not – it’s a strawman not even worthy of contempt.

Fire protection is not free. Police protection is not free. Public schools are not free. Public utilities are not free. The list goes on and on.

Would I switch my crappy coverage, high deductible, nearly $800 monthly premiums for Medicare and a couple hundred $$ monthly supplement? In a heartbeat.

In exactly the same way I might pay a private company to clean up fire damage, or a tutor to help my child through school, or a private detective if the police work didn’t satisfy me.

What’s disappointing to me is that business leaders – who have as much to gain and lose as anyone else – aren’t more aggressively in the forefront of the debate

]]> By: hipparchia http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/07/11/healthcare-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-27576 hipparchia Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:58:05 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/07/11/healthcare-rant/#comment-27576 amen, brother! amen, brother!

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