tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888593.post7797200075461758600..comments2023-04-10T13:11:01.436-05:00Comments on Tails of Cat Woman: NOT A TORY, NOT A LIBERAL & NOT ULTRA CONSERVATIVE EITHERCatWomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13638504238364458864noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888593.post-27049091332229793242007-07-27T16:26:00.000-05:002007-07-27T16:26:00.000-05:00Dear heartI know most people (myself included)hate...Dear heart<BR/>I know most people (myself included)hate to see people in need not get proper health care. That is a problem. It needs to be properly addressed. I'm not the one who is in position to do this. I don't think the answer is socialized medicine,like Canada. The horrors of a woman who has to be put on a waiting list to wait for a mammogram is one of the things that scares the crap out of me. That's one example only that puts me off about that plan. If what you all are doing in Mass is working then maybe we should bring it on. I don't have the infinite wisdom that comes with upteen degrees. I'm just ex Fed gvt/medical health care worker. I just watch the news and travel the world and see and hear.CatWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13638504238364458864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888593.post-12167550214123478212007-07-27T12:23:00.000-05:002007-07-27T12:23:00.000-05:00with all due respect catwoman....paying $1.65 for ...with all due respect catwoman....paying $1.65 for a can of soda is expensive but one can easily do without it, unlike healthcare, which someone can not easily do without. The part of the equation that I think you are missing is that the government is already covering the uninsured to a large extent, unpaid or underpaid medical bills are a large part of why healthcare is so expensive. Why not employ a system that requires the working to pay into their own healthcare coverage--like in Massachusetts? We pay out SS benefits to wealthy Americans who do not need it, yet we marginalize 40 million Americans by not giving them a self respecting road to healthcare. They are being treated now, but at great expense to the taxpayer AND to their own self esteem. Why not afford them the opportunity to pay something and walk with dignity into a an ER or clinic?M- Filerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331439222444561952noreply@blogger.com