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Originally Posted by Bushido
The pillars that the American healthcare system is built upon are rotten.
Healthcare should not be a capitalist, money making business scheme. As long as there is a system of profit-driven health insurance companies and pharmaceutical industry, there will be injustice.
Capitalist ideology should not be applied to healthcare or education in any society living in the 21st century.
Everybody pays a little bit- through taxes, and in return we get a healthy and educated populace, what should be a requisite of a functioning democracy (republic).
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Agreed. As Dylan Ratigan wrote in his book Greedy Bastards, as long as the American healthcare mentality is "fee for service" rather than preventative care, then there will always be incentive for companies to get money instead of providing care.
http://www.amazon.com/Greedy-Bastard.../dp/1451642237