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Hoyt

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7. Only one way, government raises taxes and provides services, maintains facilities and equipment, etc

Reply to MichMan (Reply #6)

Wed May 24, 2017, 09:22 PM

May 2017

Even if government wanted to do so, too many ignorant people ain't going to pay the taxes necessary.

We can reduce the impact of profit motives, but even that will take time. I wish that weren't reality and people could work together for society's benefit vs. their own.

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Until we make health insurance non-profit, and eliminate shareholders, it's all talk. [View all] lindysalsagal May 2017 OP

Yes! EOM elfin May 2017 #1

Ok, on healthcare... JNelson6563 May 2017 #2

Until we have a plan to deal with the mass unemployment Loki Liesmith May 2017 #3

We need to remove health insurers completely out of the picture. Trial_By_Fire May 2017 #4

Non profits are prone to misbehavior too. hunter May 2017 #5

How do you eliminate shareholders? MichMan May 2017 #6

Only one way, government raises taxes and provides services, maintains facilities and equipment, etc Hoyt May 2017 #7

How do any of those eliminate shareholders? n/m MichMan May 2017 #9

Government would own everything related to health care, similar to UK. Not suggesting we do that. Hoyt May 2017 #10

You do realize that non-profit corporations can actually make profits, yes? X_Digger May 2017 #8