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Old 07-03-2009
danielpalos danielpalos is offline
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Re: A Question For Supporters Of Government Run Healthcare...

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Originally Posted by dblack View Post
Freedom to take care of your health in the way you think is best. Freedom to see any health care provider you want, regardless of whether the government, or the AMA, or the insurance companies, approve of their methodology. Freedom to arrange payment with your doctor without interference from the state on behalf of the insurance companies. Freedom to purchase, grow or make the drugs you need to maintain your health without asking permission. Freedom to finance your health care outside mandated, and destructive, insurance schemes. Etc...


I think you're projecting. "Freedom" may ring hollow for you, but not for all of us. McCarthy? Give me break. We just don't want to be meddled with.
Eliminating official poverty via unemployment compensation, at-will, could enable more market based transactions in our mixed-market political-economy.

It would also follow a democratic tradition, ""If liberty and equality, as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost."
- Aristotle
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