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pan6467 · 01-30-2006, 10:45 PM

I am for a nationalized healthcare, however, I don't believe it should be government that pays 100%.

I think all healthcare should be provided equally but on a sliding scale equal to one's income and ability to pay.

In other words if I make $30,000, $50,000 or so on a year I should be entitled to the same medical resources as one who makes a million or 10 million. But for that care I should pay the same percentage of my income. With the only considerations being dependants, if I have 5 kids, I should pay less of my income percentage than someone with no kids or dependants.

Also, one could opt for a low cost government type insurance that would help cover costs.

You cannot keep allowing something that is vitally important to EVERYONE to keep raising prices exponentially faster than inflation. Our current system is bankrupting us.

I truly believe the 3 most important things to keep a society prosperous and moving forward are:

Education - an educated workforce = higher paying jobs = better tax base

Healthcare - a healthy worker is a productive worker and it takes the burden off the companies that are losing their asses trying to pay medical insurance for their workers and retirees.

Manufacturing - a company that manufactures what they need and relies less on other countries is far stronger and more stable than one who has to buy and runs into debts with another country.

I think if we can control healthcare, make it possible for people to afford and companies to not worry about that expense, jobs may come back to the US. But as long as a company has to worry about their medical insurance rates going up 16-25-50% a year, they are hurting and can never truly realize their hiring potentials.

01-30-2006, 10:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	I am for a nationalized healthcare, however, I don't believe it should be government that pays 100%. I think all healthcare should be provided equally but on a sliding scale equal to one's income and ability to pay. In other words if I make $30,000, $50,000 or so on a year I should be entitled to the same medical resources as one who makes a million or 10 million. But for that care I should pay the same percentage of my income. With the only considerations being dependants, if I have 5 kids, I should pay less of my income percentage than someone with no kids or dependants. Also, one could opt for a low cost government type insurance that would help cover costs. You cannot keep allowing something that is vitally important to EVERYONE to keep raising prices exponentially faster than inflation. Our current system is bankrupting us. I truly believe the 3 most important things to keep a society prosperous and moving forward are: Education - an educated workforce = higher paying jobs = better tax base Healthcare - a healthy worker is a productive worker and it takes the burden off the companies that are losing their asses trying to pay medical insurance for their workers and retirees. Manufacturing - a company that manufactures what they need and relies less on other countries is far stronger and more stable than one who has to buy and runs into debts with another country. I think if we can control healthcare, make it possible for people to afford and companies to not worry about that expense, jobs may come back to the US. But as long as a company has to worry about their medical insurance rates going up 16-25-50% a year, they are hurting and can never truly realize their hiring potentials. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"