Thunder,
Our healthcare costs are out of control, I just am not convinced that a
National Health Care program will lower out costs, but at this point I
believe it will probably become a reality. Voters will become more inclined
to want national healthcare as current employees and retired employees lose
employer healthcare coverage, and turn towards National Healthcare Coverage.



"thunder" wrote in message
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On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:46:12 -0500, Lord Reginald Smithers wrote:


Do you honestly believe the solution to the higher cost for auto makers
is
national health care? National Health Care might be a very viable
solution for Americans, but transferring the payments for health care
from
one pocket to another pocket, will not make the cars cost any less.

Perhaps not national health care, but clearly our health costs put us at a
disadvantage. Our health care costs are 15% GDP. IIRC, no other nation
has costs over 10% GDP. There is no denying, those costs affect our
competitiveness internationally.