Smokey
2007-04-25 17:08:01
Government health care would be a major disaster.
Compare it to non-government health care. Laser eye surgery, for instance. The cost of laser eye surgery has declined by 90% since it was introduced — and the quality has gone up substantially.
When people have to spend their own money on a medical service, competition for those dollars lowers the price. But when someone else pays [the taxpayers], exactly the opposite happens.
Just look at the UK and Canada. Patients have to wait months for treatment of even minor medical problems.
