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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kai - a current of reason in a sea of liberal
orthodoxy. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I too feel queasy trusting the government with the
delivery of health care. The tales of Canadian care I have heard are not
reassuring. Of course there will always be those who are more comfortable
with centralized, government solutions as opposed to private sector
initiatives. These elitists view themselves as the "anointed" and us as
the "benighted" in need of their guidance. We are too ignorant to make our
own arrangements and are therefore not to be trusted to formulate
policy.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks again Kai for pointing out the problems
inherent in socialized services.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best wishes, -T</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=fotopro63@hotmail.com href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">Kai
Eiselein</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 09, 2007 12:52
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Health
Care</DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>Ok, so 5% doesn't sound like much..... until you figure out the
millions upon millions of dollars involved.</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>Sooooooo, limit the amount that can be awarded and punish
lawyers/law firms that bring frivolous suits. </DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>Doctors won't have to spend as much for coverage and will be
able to charge more reasonable rates, more reasonable doctor's fees would help
bring more reasonable insurance rates.</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>Medical insurance companies have a right to charge more for
higher risk consumers. Why should it be any different than, say, auto
insurance? Drivers convicted of DUIs pay more than drivers who haven't
ever had a ticket. More risk, more money. </DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>Smokers, alcoholics and illicit drug users are all taking a
risk, and should pay more for an insurance company to do the same.</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>But the real question is, do you trust your government enough
to decide what is right for you?</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>What can the government do, that private industry cannot do
better?</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>After all, the government isn't interested in saving money,
there is no incentive to. They'll just get more from the taxpayer. Then
they'll need more and more bureaucrats to run the programs, at a higher and
higher cost, with no accountabilty, which will cost all of us even more.</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>Remember, this is the same government that couldn't deal with a
hurricane and pays outrageous prices for toilet seats. It spent thousands
developing a pen that would write in the weightlessness of outer space, the
Russians used pencils.</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>The more of your choices/responsibilties you are willing to
give to your government, the more control that government will have over
you.</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>Sorry kids and Mouseketeers but I can't trust a government that
can't even control its own borders, can't deal with a natural disaster and
doesn't have enough sense to save money by using a pencil.</DIV></DIV><BR
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