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You know, we could stop impoverished immigrants (mostly Mexicans) from entering the country and we'd improve both life expectancy and health care spending tremendously. Of course, that's racist and stupid on so many levels. The point is, it's important to be aware of genetic differences...

That was actually a serious answer. Surprising. Anyway, I'm not sure how you define "skyrocketing", but in this study, anyway, the US was by far the most expensive, AND its cost was growing at the fastest rate Yes, I was very sick when I was younger and I spent a lot of time in and out of...

Bravo, sir. Well done.

Correct. It means absolutely nothing in the face of a government which constantly stomps on the constitution that limits its power. But, saying that healthcare (or any good) is a right is equally meaningless because saying it doesn't make it so. That sentence makes as much sense as any...

The Union of Soviet SOCIALIST Republics was SOCIALIST. It held communism as an ideal, but abandoned implementation of Communism after the attempt to do so shortly after the 1917 revolution caused the complete and almost overnight collapse of the Russian economy. We were all supposedly BUILDING...

Thundermoron, Don't bother trying to prove how "enlightened" you are. I'm from the Soviet Union and I assure you that of the two of us, I know WAY more about the socialism you spew and just how "empathetic" it is - and just how many people die from lack of medical care. I'm sure you're...

Oh, so you've thought it through. Let's examine your enlightened thoughts: Expecting you to put your money where your giant pie hole is, is just childish. Using the force of government to rob other people to pay for your principles is "empathy". You're an idiot, an asshole and a thief.

So, how much of your own money have you given to these people who are dying in the streets, unable to pay for their healthcare? I mean, you're filled with empathy, and it's such a big problem, so you must give every spare penny.

"If government involvement is cause of failure, then why is it different in Germany, France and other countries where education quality is much better that America's." Government involvement doesn't cause failure. It causes inefficiency and a loss of liberty. The question about education...

Yes! Bravo!

As it should be. But notice the shift...before the government decided politicians should decide who gets what, companies usually sought out private money first and came to government as a last resort. Not anymore.

Well said. My uncle in Toronto is still waiting (year three) to see a specialist for a pinched nerve so debilitating he can barely walk. And this is a much less populated country where running a centralized system like that is easier. There's no question that our health care system is...

As Pragmatic points out, the recovery is more like a point at which we will stop and stagnate. This doesn't mean there won't be stock market volatility. The SEC has been actively creating market distortions which increase the probability of stock market bubbles and the Fed is recreating the...

Johnny, You've hit on something important. In fact, donations to private charities plummeted in the beginning of the 20th century with the introduction of the income tax. This is sad because private organizations are much more efficient at providing aid. The more your income is under...

Ron Paul didn't say that health care isn't important to people, he said it's not a right. The essence of socialist healthcare is the elimination of private property rights and the introduction of slavery. The essence of slavery is the forceful use of one person for the purposes of another...

Look, the reality is that those companies that were bailed out DID fail. The difference is that they are being allowed to exist in a zombie-like state at our expense. That's not how capitalism works. What we have now resembles capitalism less and less and fascism more and more...

"Fool" is the operative word. There may be a shortage of a great many things these days, but we seem to be awash in idiots.

I would, except that the law is that if you collect social security (which our parents and grandparents paid into, right?), you CAN'T opt out of Medicare. In fact, there's a lawsuit right now from a group of seniors who want to opt out,, but aren't allowed to. Your government working hard...

That's because in most states if the physician didn't charge you exactly what he BILLS the insurance company (although the insurance company always actually pays less than what the doctor bills), he could be hauled in for insurance fraud. Your government working for you. Nice, eh? Also...

One GIANT reason French healthcare is so much lower is that their obesity rate is much lower than the in the United States. Obesity related illnesses add almost $300Billion to the cost of U.S. healthcare. Another reason is that they smoke. Smokers tend to die pretty quickly once lung cancer...