Let's Cut To The Heart Of The Health Care Debate....

Based on our conversation it would appear that we're fairly close in our views with some exceptions and perception such as...........

............an individuals ability to pay for health insurance and how that equates to the level or quality of care they'll be able to receive. You've made some assumptions such as linking good health care practices to good health which is very true but as we both know things can go very bad regardless of how well you may take care of yourself. So the question comes down to how does the for profit health insurance industry stay profitable and still provide its paying customers with a level of care necessary to sustain life if and when that becomes necessary? In other words, does the ability to receive life sustaining care depend on an individuals ability to pay?

If government needs to mandate/regulate for profit health insurance to insure that they provide the care they've said they will through their plans, then in effect I would argue, that the so called "free market" "for profit" health insurance industry is only a viable business from the stand point of choosing who gets care and who doesn't based on an individuals ability to pay! The vary fact that we as a society have to provide those who are unable to pay with a government run plan such as medicare & medicaid is testament to that very fact isn't it?

You see, I think you're right when you say that the profit motive is what provides incentive to health care providers to do the best possible job they can and thus create and very wonderful health care system. However, there's a dark side to all of this as well and that is the money factor!!! There's really no getting around that issue because people want to be paid for their services and rightly so but at some point one must face the inevitable question of "profits before people" or "people before profits"!!!

Thus for me it becomes a matter of ethics......are we a society that takes care of all its members regardless of their ability to pay or not? If not, then I would argue that those who believe in the sink or swim....winners and losers method of running a nation don't have a legitimate Christian leg to stand on when they shout out their "FAMILY VALUES" AND OTHER ASSORTED PSEUDO CHRISTIAN HYPOCRISIES!!!

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Let's Cut To The Heart Of The Health Care Debate.... (RTG)