I think I might have spent too long at the hospital today.

[emmycantbemeeko]

Everybody understands- in fact, everybody has experienced at some point- that when food is free, or perceived to be free, many people take more than they actually need. After all, why not? It's free. Think of every buffet you've ever attended, especially ones you didn't have to pay anything for

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[emmycantbemeeko]

When the zombies come, can I live in your compound?

I have useful life skills, like phlebotomy!

[dvildogprncess]

Well written, Emmy! I commend you for all that you do, and I totally agree. Nobody has anything to gain from ANYTHING becoming federalized. Inadequate health care is no better than no health care at all.

I hope you get some sleep and don't become comatose from all of the studying you have to do. *hug*

[shoutingboy]

My worry here is that we won't nationalize health care all at once. Too many people get what that would end up like. Instead, I think we're going to set up a parallel system, some government-provided "insurance of last resort"--but the way things are loaded, everyone will end up sliding into that system. (I can come up with a few scenarios that would bring that about.)

And once we're there, every bad outcome you describe--and boy howdy will we get them--will be used as an argument for more government. Long waiting lists? Denied care? Botched diagnosis? That becomes an argument for more government spending on, and regulation of, health care (and squeezing out any private options that may remain, until--as in Canada--it becomes illegal to pay for a doctor outside of the government plan

[emmycantbemeeko]

I would support a federalized make-everyone-take-intro-to-macroeconomics system.

[nonpostmodern]

PPS Kindly do not argue with me.

Talk about taking the fun out of things. :)

[kitty_mystique]

My god I love you. Glad to see someone FINALLY speaking the truth