(November 28, 2014 at 1:58 pm)Heywood Wrote: What i am proposing is different than socialism or communism because the state would not be in control of all of health care production nor would they be trying to manage the health care economy. They would simply be producing some additional health care in the same way they produce additional transit by building buses and subway systems.Meh, if the state is offering the service then there's no reason not to avail yourself of that service. Sometimes people say "ah, but quality of service" - but that is a tacit approval of the notion that it's okay for the state to offer shitty service. I disagree. If you want a better quality of service you remind the state that handing out cars that catch fire on impact isn't okay just because they're being handed out. If it;s your intention that we should only provide healthcare, for example, to those that can't afford it...we already do, so no change there. This has been my position in pretty much all of our conversations about this stuff. You offer alternatives that are indistinguishable from what we already do, as though you weren't aware that this is what we already do...and if that's the case.....are you really qualified to comment?
Quote:Health care can be one of those things were a private market thrives along side the publicly provided services. Private schools thrive along side publicly provided ones so why can't private hospitals thrive along side public ones?Right, so no change?
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