[ExI] Warren Buffett is worried too and thinks Republicans are "asinine"

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On 5 November 2013 12:37, Kelly Anderson <kellycoinguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 8:42 AM, Omar Rahman <rahmans at me.com> wrote:
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>> The solution is simple: single payer. It addresses the broken supply and
>> demand curve that I mentioned in my post.
>
>
> See, I told you that's where the left would take this. It is inevitable.
>
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>> There wasn't a system it was just a mess. It was exploitative and it still
>> is because there isn't a non-profit insurance option as far as I know. I'm
>> pretty sure for the 50 million people without insurance, many of whom
>> wanted/needed health care, it couldn't really get much worse.
>
>
> Which is why every rich sick person from every corner of the earth came to
> the United States when they were really sick. Of course, those days are fast
> going.
>
> As one of the millions of people without health insurance, I want to thank
> father Obama that I still don't have insurance.
>
> As to Spike's idea of privatizing the CIA. I couldn't agree less. While
> there needs to be a certain level of transparency in collecting secrets, I
> don't think going private is the answer. The need for ONE single payer
> defense system is the only thing that keeps me from going full on anarchist.

The problem with the US health care system is not just access, it is
that it is incredibly expensive for equivalent procedures, far more
expensive than in any other country. This is all the more striking
since apart from health care, goods and services in the US are the
same price or cheaper than the equivalent in similarly wealthy
countries. Where does this extra cash go?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/03/26/21-graphs-that-show-americas-health-care-prices-are-ludicrous/


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Stathis Papaioannou