[Rhodes22-list] Socialized Medicine - yes and no ... [Political]

[Tootle]

John Shulick said, "Ed, If you want to apply rules of capitalism to the
medical field, then I'm sure you're in favor of doing away with the AMA who
limits the number of doctors in America though the control of the
institutions who train doctors in the first place. Perhaps if we had 10 more
such places churning out 100 or so more per year we could flood the market
with doctors and drive the price per doctor down through completion."

John, I agree!  The AMA has limited the number of medical students in USA
for too long.  Imagine the good will if the USA exported doctors or even if
doctors who wanted to practice in USA spent a year or two in another
country?  But part of the problem is the cost of running a medical school
and paying faculty.  However, I agree the USA should have more medical
schools.

John said, "Better yet why not do away with the laws that prohibit you from
obtaining medicines without a prescription from a doctor? I'm willing to bet
my life on my ability to read and research and treat myself without a middle
man whose probably in the pocket of some drug company anyway."

John, again we agree.  I would except narcotics and habit inducing drugs.

Again, John said, "If you're one of those 40 million uninsured now any
chance that self treatment might work vastly outweighs no treatment at all." 
We went thru the 40 million uninsured arguement just a couple of months ago. 
The 40 million number is a partial truth made to sound like the whole truth. 
Understand if you will, that the number is a non thruth or misleading
statement constantly spouted by the liberal national media.  It is more akin
to the famous "Communists Big Lie".  Tell it often enough and the gullible
will believe it!
                                                                                             
John said, "PS: Before you go on about the Constitution you should check out
the end of that document. There are these things called amendments and they
are there because the Constitution is not a perfect document nor will it
ever be. It's may be one of the greatest forms of government ever proposed
but that is not a reason to sit on your laurels."

Yes, and even a method of adding admendments was included.  But that does
not mean advocating a political system that amounts to 'Treason'.  That does
not include advocating a system, i.e., socialism, that history has
demonstrated leads to dictatorship, tyranny, taking away the basic freedoms
espoused by the United States Constitution.  

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
“A lack of moral clarity is why people living in free societies cannot
distinguish between religious fundamentalists in democratic states and
religious terrorists in fundamentalists’ states.” Natan Sharansky
            


-- 
View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Socialized-Medicine---who-should-die...--Political--tp17306364p17316652.html
Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at Nabble.com.