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Originally Posted by retiredguy
Kahuana: I have heard many alternatives that I would like to see regarding our health care system. They do not destroy what we have, but they do correct alot of what is currently wrong regarding costs, etc.
If you care to hear alternatives, which in this case are from some Republicans, then I will channel you to their sites. If you are against anything a Republican has to say, then that's okay too.
Your statement is incorrect in suggesting that there are no one has a better idea.
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Hey, I've never rejected the discussion of good ideas, regardless of the "party source". Recent history seems to have proven that party labels really don't assure political conduct. (Are all Republicans really conservatives? Are Blue Dog Democrats totally liberal? What's Arlen Specter?)
I've said that I'm a fiscal conservative and left-leaning on social issues. What's that?
Sure, post some good sources of ideas. We can all learn something from them.
By the way, I really liked the two ideas that Charles Krauthammer included in the article that someone linked earlier in this thread. I had the medical tort reform included on my list, as well. But neither my list nor Krauthammer's is what I'd call a total reform program. Then again, maybe we'll never get much further than the enactment of law that reflects some of these ideas. Maybe there never will be a total and integrated program of healthcare reform. Krauthammer's ideas are good. So are some of those in the Dole-Daschle-Baker proposal. For that matter, there are some good elements in HR 3200. And from what I've read, the Danish system works quite well. Maybe some combination of them all would work.