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Poll: What should we do about Medicine?
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Fully Socialized
78.26%
18 78.26%
Obama care
4.35%
1 4.35%
Return to before Obama care
0%
0 0%
Some other option
17.39%
4 17.39%
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Time for European style socialized medine
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RE: Time for European style socialized medine
(September 15, 2012 at 2:38 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I live under the NHS and whilst it has its advantages, a lot of people live under the delusion that it is "free". Like the students who protest against higher tuition fees for university, people do not understand that anything paid for by the government is ultimately paid for by the people. If education was free for students, it would be paid for by everyone else. Likewise, the NHS is free for everyone, but it paid for by the tax payers.

While this is true, a lot of the corruption is taken out when health insurance is seen less as a free market issue and more as a public health issue. Honestly? I don't trust these big companies for a second; they'll do whatever they can to save a buck, even if that means screwing over policy holders.

While I respect your libertarian views, I think there are some government services that are too important to be left to the free market and I think most people would agree; courts, police, military and fire departments, for example. Generally, at least in the US, it isn't so much whether you're for a free market or socialism, it's what services you think the government should be involved in of and to what degree the governments' involvement should be.
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Time for European style socialized medine - by Puddleglum - September 15, 2012 at 9:18 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by TaraJo - September 15, 2012 at 10:13 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Cato - September 15, 2012 at 11:08 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Polaris - September 15, 2012 at 12:08 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Red Celt - September 15, 2012 at 12:37 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Polaris - September 15, 2012 at 2:21 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Puddleglum - September 15, 2012 at 12:41 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Red Celt - September 15, 2012 at 3:44 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by jonb - September 15, 2012 at 1:06 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Tiberius - September 15, 2012 at 2:38 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Red Celt - September 15, 2012 at 3:40 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by TaraJo - September 15, 2012 at 3:41 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Tiberius - September 15, 2012 at 4:22 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Red Celt - September 15, 2012 at 4:44 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by TaraJo - September 15, 2012 at 6:08 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Whateverist - September 15, 2012 at 7:29 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Darth - September 16, 2012 at 12:27 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Kayenneh - September 15, 2012 at 4:48 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Puddleglum - September 16, 2012 at 12:50 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Red Celt - September 16, 2012 at 9:13 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Puddleglum - September 16, 2012 at 9:24 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Tiberius - September 16, 2012 at 9:47 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Red Celt - September 16, 2012 at 10:08 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Darth - September 16, 2012 at 10:12 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by TaraJo - September 16, 2012 at 11:26 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Polaris - September 16, 2012 at 1:48 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by TaraJo - September 16, 2012 at 1:58 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Darth - September 16, 2012 at 2:18 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Minimalist - September 16, 2012 at 3:00 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Puddleglum - September 17, 2012 at 3:55 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by KichigaiNeko - September 17, 2012 at 4:48 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Puddleglum - September 17, 2012 at 4:49 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by KichigaiNeko - September 17, 2012 at 4:51 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Justtristo - September 17, 2012 at 7:40 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Puddleglum - September 17, 2012 at 10:52 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by frankiej - September 17, 2012 at 10:58 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Red Celt - September 17, 2012 at 11:07 am
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Puddleglum - September 17, 2012 at 12:02 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by zappa1258 - September 17, 2012 at 12:55 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by festive1 - September 17, 2012 at 1:08 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Red Celt - September 17, 2012 at 1:21 pm
RE: Time for European style socialized medine - by Puddleglum - September 17, 2012 at 1:45 pm

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