Latest on the Republicans' war against health care

From Message 521 and Message 523 in the topic "The Trump Presidency":

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Thirty-two of the current Thirty-three Developed Nations have Universal Health Care systems.

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Here is a list:

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Some of these nations figured out how to do it before WWI.

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It really is simple. Pick one and do what they did.

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And what process should congress use to pick the plan?

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The House has 435 members. There are thirty two countries on the list. Divide the House Membership up by drawing names out of a hat into thirty two teams of 13-14 members each. Assign one nation to each team and send them and their wives off on a vacation to their assigned nation.

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When they return they must each prepare a Bill supporting choosing the plan from their assigned nation.

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All thirty-two bills get sent to the Senate where the Senate passes one bill that then becomes the US Universal Healthcare Plan for a term of not less than ten years. At the end of every ten year period the Congress can vote to repeat the process or renew the US Healthcare Plan.

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It really is that simple.

Correct on most counts. I'm not sure that your source is current on Cuba; it may rank higher than the US even though we have been sanctioning it for a half century.

You need to list all the products; it is far more than just Health Care. They think the free market is the answer to education, prisons, utilities, infrastructure, communications, transportation ...

It is even worse, particularly for the willfully ignorant folk that would support the utter stupid plan proposed by the current crop of Conservatives.Even those who are healthy today and could get by with the emasculated plan the Conservatives are trying to market will get sick at sometime in the future.When that happens they will find that their utter stupidity in allowing this to happens simply means the safety net and money pool or insurance they need is simply unavailable.Granted, they will likely be the last folk killed by this stupid bill and not the first, but it will still fuck them royally in the end.The rich though will get richer. Screw anyone else. Oh and Faith, they plan on fucking up both your Medicare and Medicaid as well.

And he was opposed to the Bill anyway so this is just stalling.

Unfortunately, the Democrats are simply giving away a glorious opportunity by not at least speaking out on what a Health Care Bill should do. Even though they can't pass anything they can still use their position to address the issue and sell an idea to the public if not the Legislature.

There is no point to having guilt if you cannot delegate it.