Comments on: Healthcare will pass. Then what? And other rants.

By: bookofraonline

bookofraonline — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:03:03 +0000

Wonderful post, numerous interesting points. I recall five of days ago, I have viewed a similar blog.

By: MrJames

MrJames — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:52:47 +0000

Why do foreign folks with means come to the US for treatment?
Really? I keep seeing that question as though it were a good point.
I wonder if it is because of deliberate obtuseness, or if people really don’t see it.
America has some of the best facilities and doctors in the world, that’s why they come here. That’s not the same thing as having the best health care – it’s not even the same question. A specialist in a well-funded facility is a lure for someone who can afford to go there for treatment. It isn’t automatically something available to any American that needs it.

As for the outdated system – we’re already outdated. Health Care, Education… we’re not even using the metric system, for pity’s sake. America needs to modernize and renovate our entire societal infrastructure, not to hold on to the forefront as a world leader, but just to keep up with the rest of the industrialized nations.
If the GOP ultra-conservatives get their way, this country will soon be a backward theocracy whose only purpose in the world theater will be to provide cheap labor and serve as a tax shelter for companies from wealthier, thriving nations.

By: Warren Carnell

Warren Carnell — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:26:04 +0000

Send all the Prog-lodites to Canada where their dream health care system is already in place, with the high taxes they love…
It is a prog creamland…er… dreamland…
Then build a wall ….

By: Michael C

Michael C — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:40:26 +0000

Thoughtful posting, thanks. I strongly agree with your point about medical tourism. Costa Rica and Panama already have a fair amount of US visitors for cosmetic procedures — this will expand to essential surgical procedures as this healthcare virus spreads. It’s unfortunate to see America come apart like this. I hope some states stand up for their own citizens’s rights. At this point, there really are two Americas. If the libs want a European socialist state, we should let them have it. They can have New York and California (i.e. Wall Street, Hollywood, Broadway, and the New York Times), we’ll take Texas and the Midwest (i.e. where food is produced). Just have to make sure we put a fence up to keep them from coming in.

By: Ramflabr

Ramflabr — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:33:38 +0000

Wow, great post. I have been looking for an alternative to the current jokers in congress and senate. Republicans are weak, and don’t seem capable of creating a new more fundamental conservative movement, that can appeal to immigrants and people from all walks of life!

What has made us great is the capability to start businesses, enrich ourselves, and maintain a society that is open to hear everyone. Our main tenents are individualism and freedom. How come we want to copy Canada?

The funny thing is 50,000 canadians a year prefer to pay high prices and be treated here. The mayors from Ottawa and Toronto treated themselves in Boston! Why do we copy instead of creating something new? Are our creative juices gone?

People are using the fear and disarray due to the latest economic shock to create an outdated system… Obama is investing in building roads… Are this what we have become?