Look at Canada, UK, Australia, Germany, all of them have socialist healthcare plans because they view healthcare as a necessity that everyone in the population deserves. It's working out pretty well for them and that is where the notion for Obamacare came from in the first place.
Originally Posted by shanm
I don't know that it's working out well for them. They certainly have their problems.
Yeah Denmark and Sweden have pretty decent health care also apparently. Their total populations are roughly equal to the number of US Federal government employees. Things are way easier to manage in a population of 5 million there's way less bureaucracy. Less layers of agencies to manipulate, spend, waste and deceive.
The countries you named are certainly larger but even their combined population doesn't equal that of the US and that brings me back to my Constitutional stance.
I believe the founders wrote the Constitution to limit this kind of crap because they knew they had created something special and something that would be ultimately unmanageable on a national level. It appears they were way smarter than a bunch of fucktards on a SHMB.
The federal government needs to stay out of healthcare just like they need to stay out of our bedrooms and churches. The Constitution allows for "50 experiments in democracy". Let them practice it. The cream will rise to the top and others will follow by the will of the people.
