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The "Costs" of Medical Care: Part II

by Thomas Sowell

Although it is cheaper to buy a pint of milk than to buy a quart of milk, nobody considers that to be lowering the price of milk. Although it is cheaper to buy a lower quality of all sorts of goods than to buy a higher quality, nobody thinks of that as lowering the price of either lower or higher quality goods.

Yet, when it comes to medical care, there seems to be remarkably little attention paid to questions of both quantity and quality, in the rush to "bring down the cost of med ...

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Posted by: JohnLloydScharf
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Wed Nov 4, 2009 1:11 PM

USPS/IRS Health Care If health care is the problem, insurance is not the cause and government is not the answer. Of those "50 million," that lack insurance there were 45,000 who died without health care. WITH health care, 98,000 died FROM health care because of malpractice. The question is do we want to trust that largest corporation in the world, the U.S. Government. Do not expect house calls anytime soon. We have seen how well the government delivers on its promises and its bureaucracies pursue the money without giving us benefits on so many levels. Imagine another 111 bureacracies that only ultimately must listen to the Secretary of the Treasury - another "service" of which is the IRS. http://theprogressivecapitalist.blogspot.com/2009/10/affordable-health-care-for-america-act.html That blog of mine above has several .pdf connections (HR. 3962 and two summaries, a few videos, and page references for new taxes and other mandates). If you cannot use the link, google "Progressive Capitalist H.R. 3962." If you believe the promises of this bill, you have to deal with the lie that it fosters competition with a government option called the "Public Option" and establishes the government as a monopoly making its own rules. Don't worry. You'll run out of "rich" soon enough. We have at least a $12 trillion economy of which at least $1.8 trillion is spent on health care. If you read the bill, there are plenty of opportunities to soak the middle class, if you do not mind the 1.6 million made jobless. REPUBLICAN Affordable Health Care For America Act MAKING HEALTH Care Affordable For EVERY AmeriCAN http://thehill.com/images/stories/whitepapers/pdf/ainsfloor_01_xml.pdf

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