The People’s Platform

[KeithE]

[David Flick]

[William Thornton]

Tinfoil hats anyone's?

[KeithE]

[KeithE]

[Sandy]

Well, so much for William's call for tinfoil hats, and David's exclamation that Keith couldn't document with credible data just two of the "happier countries" who do all 8 things listed by the "People's Platform." William needs to tip his tinfoil hat to Keith's research. And David only asked for two countries so Keith gives him at least thirteen that rank ahead of the US . Oh, and the data is certainly credible.

I think the Canadians are always a bit more understated and perhaps polite when it comes to comparisons between their health care system, which is essentially a socialized, single payer, government administrated plan they ironically call "Medicare". In almost any poll you can find, Canadians are overwhelmingly more satisfied with their health care than Americans are with ours, and you won't find one in a thousand Canadians who want what we have. On the other hand, the Canadian government has to go to great lengths to keep Americans from swamping their system, and draining their pharmacies of prescription medications.

I have a step sister who is administrator of a children's ranch in Arizona that cares for kids who are in state placement. The county hospital in their area, which treated the kids, closed about a year ago, so when she had a horseback riding accident that caused a complicated broken arm, she couldn't afford the follow up surgery at one of the area private hospitals, so she went to one in Mexico. Turns out it was a very clean, well equipped facility, government operated, with a top notch orthopedic surgeon who had a lot of American patients. Most of the patients there were Americans, who sought care there after the county hospital closed, because they could afford it, and they couldn't get in the door without insurance in the other hospitals in the county.

The US could do this, and it could figure out how to do it better than Norway or Sweden.

[William Thornton]

Vermont and CA were/are doing a single payer system. How's that going?

The tinfoil hats are for those who think this can be done. Didn't see a total price tag. We'll worry about paying for it later.

But hey, elect folks and do it.

[Jon Estes]

[KeithE]

[William Thornton]

Why did the ca and vt proposals get dropped? (Not sure if cA is still active)

I've never been too keen on the happiness indexes. Don't think they mean much.

But I do wish you guys would get happier.

[KeithE]

[William Thornton]

I already know. Apparently you don't. You brought them up...figured you knew what you were writing about.

[Sandy]

[William Thornton]

Do either of the collectivists know? Apparently not.

[KeithE]

[William Thornton]

...concerns about cost, financing. Eureka. Thanks. Sometimes a simple answer is all that is needed.

I'd be happy for VT or CA to blaze the trail here and see how it goes.

[KeithE]

[William Thornton]

[KeithE]

[Jon Estes]

[William Thornton]

[KeithE]

[William Thornton]

Here's as far as you can go on this: you can say that you are insulted to be called a 'mod/lib' but you can't say that I use it as an insult, which identifes part of your problem - believing that you know others' state-of-mind.

If I wanted to insult you I have the vocabulary do so...but I don't wish to insult you.

[KeithE]

[William Thornton]