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Medical Care Facts and Fables

Brian of Arizona Wrote: Aug 24, 2010 7:35 PM
carol 6:38, Thirty years ago I searched for the most secure job, the most secure old age benefits I could find. After five years of searching and applying, I got such a job. After all those years of hard work, politicians now stir up politics of envy against such workers and their 'cadillac' insurance - even as those same politicians reap even greater benefits with fewer years of service. And you swallow it hook, line and sinker. My wife spent six months of last year dying. I spent most of that time on leave staying with her. The final bill was $200K. I paid $5K of it. I expected it as a distinct possibility - as everybody should expect the same - and started preparing for it half a lifetime ago. Otherwise, I'd be bankrupt for two...
There is so much political spin, and so many numbers games being played, when it comes to medical care, that we have to go back to square one and the simplest common sense, in order to get some rational idea of what government-run medical care means. In particular, we need to examine the claim that the government can "bring down the cost of medical care."

The most basic fact is that it is cheaper to remain sick than to get medical treatment. What is cheapest of all is to die instead of getting life-saving medications and treatment, which can be...

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