Reply #28: What would a supportable system require?

[DaedelusNemo]

I'm not sure we're so different - affordable health care for all Americans is my favored formulation, and that's about where i pitch my socialization. Perhaps we disagree on education - i think that's one of the best investments we could possibly be making, given that manufacturing is becoming easily done elsewhere and it's the high-skill jobs we need in this country.

My basic standard for any gov't plan is that it is sustainable, doesn't cripple anything, doesn't interfere unnecessarily. If we come up with something like that which can guarantee that everyone can get health care, i'm for it. Beyond that, i would want to take out all the waste and expense i could, but doing that would require some changes in the industry to take out some of the outrageous practices and profit-taking that go on there.