We can't afford it. Some people like Michael Moore say that we should just divert funding for the war toward Socialized Medicine, but the fact of the matter is is that we can't afford the war either. We are already borrowing money to finance a lot of the dumb programs already in place. Government spending is out of control, and we need to exercise budget restraint now, not consider new areas to increase spending.
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Anonymous2007-07-28 22:54 ID:s/cdcbSs
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yeah well, get to work on that... I don't think that universal health care coverage should be kept from people because of an "unhealthy culture". Unhealthy people have a right to medical care as much as healthy people do... would be rather silly otherwise. Would shoo away a person from a public hospital because she had skin cancer from not using the right sunblock and sun bathing too much? Oh, you wouldn't? Then how is this line of thought relevant to whether or not socialized health care is good or not?