From the original post:
“Ms. Lowey, however, replied with a 2 ½ page response in which she detailed her understanding of the need for health care reform and presented a case for the plan as it now stands in the House version. I was impressed and pleased with the thoroughness of her response and grateful to have an opportunity to engage in what I hope to be a meaningful dialogue absent much of the hype that so often passes for discussions.”
We never got to see Lowey’s letter, only Cortes’ response. I’m a little curious how she defended the plan.
Bob: “It will guaranty the type of waiting lists and lower cure rates that are the hallmarks of the Canadian and British national health plans.”
Do you mean to say that adopting a health care system closer to that of Canada or the UK will result in a negative change for the U.S.? That may be true, the U.S. is a different country with different needs.
But if you’re saying that the health care system in the U.S., as it is now, is better than the system in Canada or the UK, I’d like to see the evidence you have to support it. As a Canadian, I’d be concerned – maybe I’d even begin lobbying for Canada to adopt a system that’s more like yours.
It also may be true that the majority of Americans want good health care for themselves, at the expense of the minority who can’t afford it. Believing that is your prerogative. Personally, I believe that the rich do not deserve better health care than the middle class, and the middle class don’t deserve better health care than the poor. But that may be a very un-American belief.
