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If still alive he'd be a major force for passing the kind of healthcare legislation that could have liberated Americans from employer-provided insurance as the
by kingkawn 17y ago
If still alive he'd be a major force for passing the kind of healthcare legislation that could have liberated Americans from employer-provided insurance as the only option. This would have freed a great deal of energy for risks like starting a business. That he became sick and died now is a a loss of leadership in the effort to make the dynamism of entrepreneurship, among other things, available to more people.
- protomyth 17y agoThe government is treaty-obligated to provide health care to a section of the population and are doing a offensive job. If they can't do it right for ~7 million Native Americans, what chance do they have to do it right for the rest of the USA?
- kingkawn 17y agoThey do it right for veterans, and they even do it fairly well for the elderly. Why not everyone else?
- protomyth 17y agoFrom personal experience of friends, they mess up a lot of veterans' lives, and that, in my mind, is a serious breach of trust. Look at the recent scandals in the VA for incidents.
- kingkawn 17y agoSeriously even with the scandals the veterans' lives are not peachy until they hit the VA. Iraq? I was in and out of a lot of Veterans hospitals when I worked in an ambulance, they have fantastic care if you give it some context with the rest of the healthcare system.