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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Whatever the reason, the free market is working.
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I would direct you to the percentage of Americans (or anywhere else) who don't have medical coverage and ask you to explain to them how the free market is working in medicine.
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Only when supply is artificially restricted. When profits are excessive in the free market, it is temporary because alternatives will become available.
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Explain that to me, who paid over $1m for a home that would cost maybe $125k if it were located only 100 miles east.
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Perhaps there is a role for government, similar to how we came up with the solution to polio.
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*looks up polio* It looks like the WHO and UNICEF did the most to eradicate Polio.
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/1644
I'm not sure where you're going with this. It's not something I'm familiar with.
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
The medicine does not lower the risk of death to zero. High cholesterol is most common in the USA because of lifestyle. Most people can adjust their lifestyle and lower their cholesterol to normal ranges.
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And my father?
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Again, those numbers are interesting but what percentage of those people choose not to have health insurance and could purchase it?
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'Choose not to have health insurance'? I don't follow....
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
I don't think health coverage is the responsibility of an employer. As the head of my family, I see providing healthcare coverage for my family as my responsibility. As long as people pass that responsibility on to others we will have a healthcare problem in my opinion.
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Look at income in this country and tell me that it's the comsumers fault for not making enough money. I dare you.
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People generally spend more money and time on their automobiles than they do on healthcare. I some states every automobile is insured at a cost to the owner, but we choose not to insure every human.
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Source?
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I see a role for government, but a limited role.
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....isn't that what
I'm saying?