tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21421591.post4943616549066596489..comments2023-10-11T04:24:16.671-04:00Comments on Multiple Sclerosis Blog: msb-0286 Quiet TimeCharles-A. Rovirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16533985064280992874noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21421591.post-2061279888547865332008-04-11T20:10:00.000-04:002008-04-11T20:10:00.000-04:00Just think of the military...They already have soc...Just think of the military...<BR/><BR/>They already have socialized medicine.Charles-A. Rovirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16533985064280992874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21421591.post-38934321542110536932008-04-11T15:46:00.000-04:002008-04-11T15:46:00.000-04:00Yeah, sure but you realize that, cetere i paribus"...Yeah, sure but you realize that, <B><I>cetere i paribus</I></B>" it <B><I>should</I></B> be only 15% since the 15% of the general population is disabled and <B><I>nobody roots for the losing team after the game is over</I></B>.<BR/><BR/>So we have 15% of the people who need it and another 14% who are for it (because that 15% of the population has spouses and dependents.)<BR/><BR/>That actually doesn't mean squat. The demographics thing is a laugh-and-a-half.<BR/><BR/>This thing will sell itself to the people who <B><I>really</I></B> count in this country, the employers, when they realize that they can get the HMO monkey off of their backs by going for socialized medicine (while keeping the parts of HMOs that they like for their executives and major investors.)<BR/><BR/>(Think of "<B><I>pulling a Wal*Mart</I></B>" without any of the guilt associated with <B><I>not</I></B> paying for people's health care or with <B><I>suing your sick ex-employees</I></B> to recover the medical expenses they incurred while waiting for their insurance settlements.)<BR/><BR/>Our opinions don't matter worth crap.<BR/><BR/>The <B><I>Wal*Mart</I></B>s of the world will be delighted <B><I>not</I></B> to have to pay; if socializing medicine is what its going to have to take, we're going to have socialize medicine.<BR/><BR/>The only reason for HMOs in the first place is that it made for a politically expedient decision for Nixon...<BR/><BR/>He didn't have to even think about what everybody else was doing to their health care systems.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how many deaths could have been prevented and how many people's careers could have been rescued instead of falling into the clutches of a health-<B><I>don't</I></B> system.<BR/><BR/>I know I would have been an orphan with an enormous debt load if Canada hadn't come to its senses in time.Charles-A. Rovirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16533985064280992874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21421591.post-41083010263923627092008-04-11T13:10:00.000-04:002008-04-11T13:10:00.000-04:00Polling for Universal Insurance is not doing well....Polling for Universal Insurance is not doing well. Something along the lines of 29% people polled are for it.mdmhvonpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319386081400881905noreply@blogger.com