-=> Kurt Weiske wrote to Digimaus <=-

 KW> I just finished my taxes and saw how much I paid for health insurance -
 KW> I don't expect health insurance to be free, whether paid for out of
 KW> taxes or paid to a for-profit enterprise that could concievably
 KW> bankrupt me over what should be an inalienable right.

I paid for my heathcare by losing my health due to government service and I
did pay taxes for 40+ years until I couldn't work anymore.  Now I am being
forced to lose 14% of my monthly income to Medicare--something I don't want
or need.

The government is a for-profit enterprise but it has the power to jail you
if you don't pay what it thinks you owe it.  So "paid for out of taxes or
paid to a for-profit enterprise" doesn't mean much of a difference in the US
but the sole difference compared to single-payer healthcare is that in the
US you have a choice so you don't die waiting to get tratment for cancer.

I don't expect you to understand since you've not dealt with the VA or had
to live off Social Security but, in my experience, both types of healthcare
are identical.

-- Sean


... Money isn't everything; usually it isn't even enough.
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