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BB,
The U.S. spends more per capita on health insurance than every country, not just Canada.
The facts are in a book of mine that I referenced in a different thread. If anybody disputes this I will try and find online documentation.
My argument then was against throwing more money at a system that is already the biggest in the world.
As much as I am against Universal Healthcare, I wonder why other countries can do it with significantly less per capita spending. I would be open to the idea....
/roachboy, pull out that hat again
....if we could design a system that encompassed the entire population with a lower per capita rate then we have already. This would probably be the rare case where roach and I could agree because we both would see our ends met. For me, I am against spending more money because it would involve a "new" tax or more taxes. That is why I am open to consider a lower per capita system, because the net effect on me would be lower.
so......
we would have to sit down and spend a lot of time looking at the pros and cons of the various successful programs throughout the world. Then we could see if we could design a similar or better system utilizing the current funds (or less if I had my way).
/tells roachboy to plug his ears
I would still want the ability to purse a private health insurance carrier, even with the "free system". So as long as both conditions are met, for me, I would throw my support behind it.
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