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by eaandkw 8y ago
The problem with using words like wealthy are that it is a moving target. Generally when someone says wealthy they mean anyone making more money than them. In a small town in south east U.S. 150k would make someone very well off. One mig
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by eaandkw 8y ago
Maybe. But couldn't we at least ask the question and have the same studies done on eliminating health insurance that we did for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Implementing the ACA did not exactly go as planned either.
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by eaandkw 8y ago
Now I am not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination but I do not have a moral obligation to force anyone rich or poor to provide essential healthcare. I could morally encourage people to donate time and money to hospitals as a charity b
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by eaandkw 8y ago
I could not have said it better myself. I actually thought of that a little while after I wrote that.
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by eaandkw 8y ago
Now that I have thought about it for a little while longer I think I would be fine with each state deciding which model they wanted to follow. I falls in line with states rights and the 50 individual experiments concept. Which I also beli
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by eaandkw 8y ago
It would never happen. But if it did prices would stop going up at least.
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by eaandkw 8y ago
I have no problem with looking for good ideas from other countries. I just want to use realistic figures and study what the second and third order effects would be. The main point to my arguments is that cheap money makes things expensive.
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by eaandkw 8y ago
I am skeptical about that. I think that it is closer to 1:1. I could make the argument that everyone that I know is against single payer and universal healthcare. But I know that I would be biased. I think that that is called Comfirmati
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by eaandkw 8y ago
Now here would be good forum post. But is pretty philosophical. What is the source of rights. If we agree that rights come from the state then we can't really complain when other countries do horrific things to their citizens. We a
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by eaandkw 8y ago
Perhaps, but then there is no reason to bring up what other countries are doing except to say that they are doing something. But again we are back to trying to figure out how to make healthcare more affordable. I think that both we and eve
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by eaandkw 8y ago
I think it would be better but it still doesn't address the problem of easy money making everything expensive. The other problem I think could come from making each state a "walled garden" so to speak that prevents non-resid
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by eaandkw 8y ago
I am arguing from the point of view that at current prices very few if anyone would be able to afford a high-cost procedure. When that happens prices would come down. This is partly why a bottle of snake venom antidote in Mexico can cost
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by eaandkw 8y ago
I don't think it would really work. Each of those countries developed their versions of healthcare based on the needs of the country at that time. It isn't like those countries were identical in size, population, gdp, etc. and t
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by eaandkw 8y ago
Here is a good example of a hospital that is doing it right. Granted I have not been there but I would really consider it if I needed surgery and I was in the area. Maybe domestic medical tourism. https://surgerycenterok.com&#x
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by eaandkw 8y ago
Get rid of health insurance and watch prices come down.
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by eaandkw 8y ago
I would argue that healthcare is not a right. But most of the comments here seems to leave only two choices: all or nothing. Just because someone is against socialized, universal, or free healthcare does not mean that they want people dyi
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by eaandkw 9y ago
I'm a little surprised that the proposal would have to be operational within five days of being awarded. That means that there are companies that already have something like this operational. There is no way that you could create som
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by eaandkw 11y ago
Outlaw JavaScript, Java, and Ruby? Good luck with that.
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by eaandkw 11y ago
I guess when all of the people and businesses start putting money in their mattresses the government will just ban paper money in general. Then there would not be anywhere to hide money.
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by eaandkw 11y ago
I agree. Of course using terrorism as the reason so censor search results is easier to swallow for the average person. I mean who wouldn't agree with that right. If you disagree you must be a terrorist. But that is how they get peop
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by eaandkw 11y ago
I agree with you about the example of police. I was just pointing out that under stress it is difficult to shoot accurately. I won't talk trash about the police because I don't know enough police to talk it. However, in the mil
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by eaandkw 11y ago
A handgun is surprisingly difficult to shoot accurately past 7 meters in a life or death situation. Look at all of the stories of police shooting up to one hundred rounds at a suspect and still missing them.
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by eaandkw 11y ago
An AR-10 (7.62) would be an excellent hunting rifle. It would be quicker and easier to take follow on shots if you miss or only wound the animal.
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by eaandkw 11y ago
Sounds like you would enjoy the military. Barracks, no kitchen...at least not in the Marine Corps. You don't get to choose what you want to eat you just eat what is served whether you like it or not. If you miss the chow hours becau
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by eaandkw 11y ago
I have read a few economic thoughts about Star Trek and something called Paracon or "Participatory Economics" was economic theories that happened in a "post scarcity economic" world. That would imply your replicators an
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by eaandkw 11y ago
From an economic point of view. How would you provide Basic income for everyone while at the same time eliminating the "wage price spiral" effect of normal goods such as milk and bread. I am not an economist but I would be curio
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by eaandkw 11y ago
Most people argue and make appeals to emotion not logic. I have noticed this myself. I think it mostly comes from not knowing what or how to make an argument. For instance if I state a argument such as Premise 1: All men are mortal. Prem
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by eaandkw 11y ago
I feel that same way. But then again I'm in the Marine Corps. My last 20 years seems to have been for nothing considering what it going on over in Iraq right now.
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by eaandkw 11y ago
I'm sorry to burst your bubble but most teachers and advisors are lying to everyone. You can get some pretty respectable jobs in construction or the oil business without ever getting a college degree. People just have to be willing t
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by eaandkw 11y ago
I can't wait for the moment you have a warrent issued for your arrest that the auto driving car locks the doors and drives to the nearest police station.

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