Re: Can someone explain the health care \'crisis\' to me?
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B. I don't accept your premise.
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You don't accept supply and demand?
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At its most fundamental, I believe the nation, as a whole, has a responsibility to look after the health of its people, regardless of circumstance
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So a hypothetical junkie who has multiple organ failure thanks to his poor choices needs a liver transplant which would cost $500,000 give him an extra 6 months to live before his kidneys fail (another 6 months at 500,000) should receive treatment. Even if you increased the cost to 5,000,000, or 15,000,000 and decreased his life expectancy to 6 weeks, or 6 days?
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