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magical thyme

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3. I don't think it will matter
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 10:30 AM
Mar 2012

in the short run it seems to matter. But I think the current health care system as a whole is too broken to be fixed within the system.

Forcing health care insurance to insure and forcing the uninsured to buy insurance will not fix what is fundamentally wrong with US health care. It shifts some burdens around, but the foundation is still crumbling.

It reminds me of the current, shod versus barefoot trim versus no treatment for founder in horses. A different set of horses dies or survives with chronic disease with one type of treatment versus the others. But statistically the number of horses that die or survive with chronic disease remains the same. The amount of suffering varies by individual circumstances. And prevention through knowledge and appropriate care remains the only real cure.

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