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Originally Posted by djplong
Do not confuse the heath care system (which is what delivers health care) with the research and development system.
Sure, we have that new $97,000 prostate cancer treatment. What good is it if you can't afford it or your insurance plan doesn't cover it?
As far as R&D is concerned, THERE I can agree with you. One of my pet peeves is that WE, in this country, seem to pay for the R&D that the rest of the world then gets "at cost" (or closer to it).
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With privatized health care the lure is PROFIT!!! No profit no R&D. Why the hell do you think all the world relies on our research? Because we're the ones who perform it and we perform it for PROFIT!!
Under a government run health care system you're only going to get the care if the government deems you worthy of it, so don't count on getting that $97,000 treatment you're throwing out there.
If the government health care bill is SO GREAT, why are so many parties, PRIMARILY THE UNIONS WHO DONATED MEGA BUCKS TO OBAMA, being given exemptions from the bill.
Wake up and smell the coffee DJ. This is about control, and anyone who believes it's about HEALTH CARE is, I'm sorry to say, a fool.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/...ted_for_o.html