23 Nov '10 13:19>
Originally posted by smw6869So, if it's not on your doorstep, you don't care?
Who the hell cares ?
GRANNY.
Typical. That's why you're pig-ignorant.
Originally posted by KazetNagorraI'm interested in the health care problem (from Wiki):
Alright, well the government spends too much on defense (it's a small country, stop pretending our army matters, sheesh), the tax code is needlessly complicated with questionable deductions (e.g. mortgage deductions), too much is spent on development aid (let people decide what charitable causes are important to them), income inequality is too large (Gi ...[text shortened]... asting a lot of effort and money police could use for catching actual criminals... I can go on.
Originally posted by spruce112358"Large losses on the basic policies"
I'm interested in the health care problem (from Wiki):
"The first lesson for the United States is that the new (post-2006) Dutch health insurance model may not control costs. To date, consumer premiums are increasing, and insurance companies report large losses on the basic policies. Second, regulated competition is unlikely to make voters/citizens h ...[text shortened]... rice incentives.": Because this sounds like the opposite of what you were claiming.[/b]
Originally posted by spruce112358One of the issues that needs to be addressed is ensuring that there's enough supply to meet the rising demand for healthcare. No "universal healthcare" policy is going to succeed if all you do is increase demand - the result will just be rising costs and you'll just be exchanging one form of rationing (insurance premiums) for another (denials, or waiting lines).
I'm interested in the health care problem (from Wiki):
"The first lesson for the United States is that the new (post-2006) Dutch health insurance model may not control costs. To date, consumer premiums are increasing, and insurance companies report large losses on the basic policies. Second, regulated competition is unlikely to make voters/citizens h ...[text shortened]... rice incentives.": Because this sounds like the opposite of what you were claiming.[/b]