From: minutemn@yabbs
To: laelth@yabbs
Subject: re: Socialized Medicine
Date: Thu Feb 10 03:43:07 1994
you mention the U.S. $4.5 trillion debt, yet you propose to add unto that 
a system of health care whose costs are so high the CLINTON ADMINISTRATION 
DOES NOT WANT TO PUT THAT ITEM ON ITS BUDGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.  You 
also mention that in other countries other physicians etc, are government 
employees and so cannot be sued.  That is wrong, they can be sued.  What 
will occur is INDIVIDUALS WILL SUE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.  What do you 
think that will do for the economy (and the defecit)?  Also look at our 
current system of Social Security (there is no money in it!), medicare 
(the elderly have been abandoned) and the postal system (if you remember 
it, it has been a long time since most people have sent each other regular 
letters, instead of e-mail.  Most people will say that the comparison of 
providing government health service and postal service may be a thin 
comparison.  I do not.  however, if you do than I will give you a better 
example.  Visit a VA hospital and look at the care given to them.  THEN I 
DARE YOU TO COME BACK AND TELL ME THIS IS THE SYSTEM YOU WANT FOR THE 
ENTIRE COUNTRY.