"rationing" in healthcare...

[dwivian]

I am becoming acutely aware that anyone that claims there is rationing in the current American Healthcare systems just doesn't understand the term.

Rationing controls the distribution of something. Our healthcare may not be accessible to those without the means to pay for it, but that isn't at the desire of the system. Providers would be fine if EVERYONE could pay for it, as that means more money at the end of the day. Inequity in access to the system is the problem -- not someone somewhere working to decide who gets the service and who doesn't.

The net effects are the same, but the methods differ.

Please stop convoluting the argument by trying to shove words where they don't fit.

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[anonymous_sibyl]

I quit the discussions when I was treated to "Pelosi and her flying monkeys" and "those damn immigrants." You have a better class of irritants than I do.

[dwivian]

Oh my.... Nobody has brought immigrants into it at all with me. And, while Pelosi might have flying monkeys, that's mainly because they are an endangered species and need someone to help them re-establish colonies of viable genetic groups. :)

[anonymous_sibyl]

*snicker* Those poor flying monkeys, they could go like the dodo.

Yeah, I was hit with people not wanting their money to be taken away and given to those immigrants. Welfare queens were brought into it too.

Three guesses why I moved away from my hometown as soon as I could, first two don't count.

[dwivian]

Ugh... I've actually met someone on welfare that had one more child because that got her into section-8 housing. So, I know there are people like that. I have also met someone who talks to aliens in the park, and someone that likes being beaten with straps for fun, someone that thinks water is wet, and someone that thinks it is reasonable to have chickens in their back yard. It takes all kinds, even those that are just a little off the edge, to be a population.

I once debated the immigrant population question. I started with asking the opposition if they would be comfortable with the income levels generated by cleaning toilets. They said no. I asked what they would have to be paid to take such a job. I was told $50/hr. I asked them if they would be willing to pay $150/hr to have toilets cleaned, to cover wage, materials, insurances [business and personal], etc. They said no.

Then I asked them who needed to do this job for less than they'd take. The silence was interesting.

[voltbang.livejournal.com]

"It takes all kinds,"

I'm not sure that's true, but it doesn't matter, as we do have all kinds.

[dwivian]

Ah... yes. I bow to your wisdom. :)