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Re: TAX rate and universal health care From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Sun Mar 9 15:38:42 2008 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: BettyTX: "Re: TAX rate and universal health care" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: Important PBS series in March" In reply to: Terry DuBose: "Re: TAX rate and universal health care" Next in thread: James Smeltzer: "Re: TAX rate and universal health care" "The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away." Ronald Wilson Reagan At Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Terry DuBose wrote: > >I do not accept the premise that big business is better than big government. It will not be simple, but I do believe we can do better. The system of corporate insurance does not "allow competition" in the real sense. It simply convolutes the admonition of Hippocrates to "First do no harm" into "Your money or your life." > > We can do better. Terry > >Claudia Benge <bengecaj@iquest.net> wrote: > > Our tax rate is already at 50% (take your time and add up all the taxes you pay) > Universal health care to even come close to what is available now will add 20% to our taxes > Universal health care will cost more that we can possibly pay OR people will be denied healthcare based on their age and other health risks > Can you imagine if your child is injured in an accident and someone states their chance of recovery is less than 30% SO they are therefore denied care??? > Or if your spouse is diagnosed with cancer and someone decides there is no chance for survival… > > The only way good health care can survive is to allow competition and quality improvement. We as sonographers need to learn all we can and mentor good replacements. Quality improvement can track what really works for the least amount of expense and saves the patient money. > > Health care does not need to be part of the government, it just needs to be available so that the everyone can be covered on a “pool rated” basis. Can you imagine the same people who run the postal service and medicare now would be capable of running something which is our largest national product??? I cannot. > > Claudia Benge -- art fougner, md "May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton Next message: BettyTX: "Re: TAX rate and universal health care" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: Important PBS series in March" In reply to: Terry DuBose: "Re: TAX rate and universal health care" Next in thread: James Smeltzer: "Re: TAX rate and universal health care"

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