I've been reading along, and I have to applaud a few people in here for not losing their cool. Even though the positions against healthcare reform are presented intelligibly and are from otherwise intelligent people, I'm sorry, but some of the drivel being written shows predominantly the desire to toe the anti-government line and nothing more. I don't really think the specific topic matters - this line of argument is always going to be the same and from the same people.

I've really had to hold back from being judgmental, but some of the comments in here are precisely the type of ignorance that fuels the disdain for the US around the world. It really does help paint the US as nothing but a cesspool. Luckily I know that's not the case and that this is not even the voice of the majority.



You know, routine stuff like TB, chicken pox, pneumonia, cervical cancer, etc. Did you slip out this weekend to get a medical degree? Most of the population hasn't had the time to do that either, so self-diagnosis and treatment is likely not in the cards. I'm not sure how well medical-roulette would play out as a policy. Maybe in Vegas. I can see someone sitting on the exam table... "Come on big money, no whammies, no whammies..."

Nothing is routine until it's been diagnosed as routine. And anything "routine" can have complications and dire consequences from time to time. You'd think people were out trying to get their cock-enlargement surgeries covered by insurance or something.

I think reasonable people, especially those from other countries, are going to see this argument having two distinct sides, a right and a wrong, I'm afraid.