"Dave" wrote in message
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On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:32:25 -0800, "Capt. JG"
said:

However, left to only the free market, healthcare
costs would go up. This has already happened, so it's not really in
dispute.

Nonsense. A market in which the guvmint throws massive amounts to sellers
via various subsidies is not a free market. In a free market without
massive
guvmint intervention, sellers of medical products and services would have
to
adjust their prices based on what buyers are willing to pay.

Except it's a fact. It's not a buyers' market. People have no choice to pay
or die. This isn't a carwash.

Private companies have little incentive to lower costs. They're in it for
the shareholders.

A very good argument for correcting the error made 65 years ago when we
decided to subsidize employer prepayment of medical expenses.

?? Costs would be even higher. Bush wanted to move everything to the private
sector, even social security in the stock market. That would have been just
great wouldn't it.

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