Comments on: Why We Need Universal Health Care http://xrlq.com/2009/07/21/why-we-need-universal-health-care/ Politische Kommentare mit Snarkenremarken Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:31:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tgirsch http://xrlq.com/2009/07/21/why-we-need-universal-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-556241 tgirsch Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:55:31 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4688#comment-556241 <b>Uncle:</b> Same difference. In the end, who gets health care is a function of who can afford it, not of who needs it. And <b>ParatrooperJJ</b> is correct; we have pretty strict compliance rules for transplant recipients here in the US. And it's not like livers grow on trees. If you give the liver to an alcoholic kid, you're by necessity NOT giving one to someone else who very well may be more deserving. .-= tgirsch´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.leanleft.com/archives/2009/07/22/8300/" rel="nofollow">Obama Presser Open Thread</a> =-. Uncle:

Same difference. In the end, who gets health care is a function of who can afford it, not of who needs it.

And ParatrooperJJ is correct; we have pretty strict compliance rules for transplant recipients here in the US.

And it’s not like livers grow on trees. If you give the liver to an alcoholic kid, you’re by necessity NOT giving one to someone else who very well may be more deserving.
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]]> By: ParatrooperJJ http://xrlq.com/2009/07/21/why-we-need-universal-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-556226 ParatrooperJJ Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:03:08 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4688#comment-556226 It would have happened in the US also. The standard is 6 months alcohol free before a patient is eligible to be listed. It would have happened in the US also. The standard is 6 months alcohol free before a patient is eligible to be listed.

]]> By: SayUncle http://xrlq.com/2009/07/21/why-we-need-universal-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-556217 SayUncle Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:53:05 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4688#comment-556217 'much better to ration the care based simply on whether or not the guy has money.' It's not 'rationed' it's bought. .-= SayUncle´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/07/22/reciprocity-bill/" rel="nofollow">Reciprocity Bill</a> =-. ‘much better to ration the care based simply on whether or not the guy has money.’

It’s not ‘rationed’ it’s bought.
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]]> By: tgirsch http://xrlq.com/2009/07/21/why-we-need-universal-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-556211 tgirsch Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:25:37 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4688#comment-556211 Yep, much better to ration the care based simply on whether or not the guy has money. .-= tgirsch´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.leanleft.com/archives/2009/07/22/8296/" rel="nofollow">Gov’t Bureaucrats In Charge of Health Care</a> =-. Yep, much better to ration the care based simply on whether or not the guy has money.
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]]> By: SayUncle » As if I needed more http://xrlq.com/2009/07/21/why-we-need-universal-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-556196 SayUncle » As if I needed more Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:12:28 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4688#comment-556196 [...] Another case against nationalized/socialized health care. [...] [...] Another case against nationalized/socialized health care. [...]

]]> By: Xrlq http://xrlq.com/2009/07/21/why-we-need-universal-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-556172 Xrlq Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:31:00 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4688#comment-556172 I don't know if they made the right decision in this case or not. I do think the fact that he was a drunk is complicated by the fact that he was a kid when most of the damage was done, and it sounds like he was never really given a chance to prove he could go straight. Mostly, my point was that "universal" health care, isn't. And can't be. I don’t know if they made the right decision in this case or not. I do think the fact that he was a drunk is complicated by the fact that he was a kid when most of the damage was done, and it sounds like he was never really given a chance to prove he could go straight. Mostly, my point was that “universal” health care, isn’t. And can’t be.

]]> By: steve http://xrlq.com/2009/07/21/why-we-need-universal-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-556164 steve Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:12:06 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4688#comment-556164 Given that there are a limited number of donor livers, are you upset that this drunk didn't get one? Given that there are a limited number of donor livers, are you upset that this drunk didn’t get one?

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