tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176044.post6680824381506680670..comments2023-11-05T02:14:35.689-07:00Comments on Internet Freedom Trail: Paul Krugman Learns Socialized Medicine Is Not the AnswerDan Karipideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14346900707595963677noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176044.post-34409013248840107602008-09-19T07:34:00.000-06:002008-09-19T07:34:00.000-06:00Being married to a Canadian, we have experienced m...Being married to a Canadian, we have experienced many facets of the healthcare discussion. Most rational Canadians will tell you that their healthcare is great 'until you're really ill'<BR/><BR/>The glorification of 'free' or rather government paid for by high taxes health care is foolish. It yields low quality health, overworked doctors, and in my recent experience in Canada, shoddy diagnoses. <BR/><BR/>However, there is something fundamentally wrong with a system that makes healthcare available only to the more 'elite' members of society -- i.e. those with salaried jobs or entrepreneurs with some measure of cashflow or a spouse with benefits. <BR/><BR/>While I can't imagine a scenario in which I'd like to raise taxes, I can envision cutting some of the absurdly funded government programs and giving grants to each state to devise a system in which we could have a public/private health care system much like our schooling system. Those that want better, pay more or take the other option. <BR/><BR/>I'm just throwing out one possibility -- there are many, but I'm sick (no pun intended) of people telling me that we should have health care the way the Canadians have set it up. I've seen it first-hand, and had in-laws coming to the states for treatment. Yes it's 'free', but you get what you pay for, right?Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04862421960160126725noreply@blogger.com