Klarinet Archive - Posting 000527.txt from 2004/07

From: "Dee D. Flint" <deeflint01@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Political Rant - do not open if you are offended
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 13:32:16 -0400


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Subject: [kl] Political Rant - do not open if you are offended

> 44 Million Americans last year did without health insurance. The health of
> Americans, the richest country in the world, has fallen behind the rest of
the
> industrialized world. Our health care system is broken. We spend more on
health
> care per capita than any other nation, and we are getting less and less
real
> care at the same time.
>
> Quoting the Washington Post "The United States spends almost 15 percent of
> its income on health care, far more than other advanced countries. That's
about
> $5,540 a year for every man, woman and child....Costs are rising four
times as
> fast as wages. One informed estimate places the cost of employer-sponsored
> health care coverage for the average family at $14,500 in 2006, just two
years
> from now."
>
>
> While this situation endures, President Bush is "disappointed" that the
> Senate dismissed his gay marriage ban.
>
> Well, Mr. Bush, I am disappointed in YOU.
>
> I want a new President. I want leadership that is concerned about the
welfare
> of ALL Americans, and yes, the rest of the world as well. I am tired of
> leadership that pushes its own vicious, uncaring ideological agenda at the
expense
> of others.
>
> Why am I posting this on a clarinet related list? Because I'm telling
> everyone I can.
>
> Walter Grabner

If you have a workable system, propose it to your congressman. The rub is
that so far no one has come up with a system that will work. The proposals
to date are such that costs would go even higher or there would be a
shortage of healthcare available. Do you want that? I think not.

You speak of change of leadership. Would you prefer to have two lawyers in
there? They may be more interested in what's good for the lawyers rather
than healthcare. Two of the drivers of healthcare cost are liability
insurance and the cost of lawsuits, some percentage of which are not
malpractice but that the doctor couldn't work a miracle that would have been
worthy of God.

Don't focus on one element and one side of one issue. Look at all the
issues. Don't believe the political ads but do your own research. You can
read up on the candidates voting records. You can read up on the bills in
Congress. You can read up on what the candidates say versus what they do.

Government cannot solve all the problems.

Dee Flint

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