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RE: I live

And as I noted the costs increases are reactionary. People smoke or become obese health care rises - as you note then premiums go up (or in slightly more socialist nations taxes go up) but HMOs are essentially a tax - the only difference is the name - TAX/HMO but either way money is taken to support the needs of others. (albeit in general a tax will help the person in need where as the HMO uses the money for the CEO to buy a billion dollar corporate jet and then deny as many people as possible from receiving the care they need - there's a leaky bucket if ever there was one!

But in either case - if the money started at the root problem and was put to education for parents of children, education to critically thing in general, and various programs set up to stop the problems BEFORE they become problems then all the costs would drop.

If the clowns in government pulled their heads out of their butts they would both wind up being happy - the Liberals would be happy that obesity and healthcare issues would be alleviated and the conservative who care very deeply that they save a few bucks on their millions will actually save those few bucks (albeit in the long run).

With more education and prevention you will get a lot more of the obese going to the gym - hey good for business too. Coca-Cola might go belly up - but then maybe not maybe they would actually sell something you can safely drink as opposed to a "bird poop on the car" remover.

The problem is the (albeit in the long run) part. I may be wrong but conservatives want to see clear profit in the next quarter - kind of the GM mentality that no other consideration in any way shape or form matters OTHER THAN making a profit in the next 3 months. Preventative programs ask for money up front without any hard figures of financial gain. Putting lives before money doesn't work with the right. Appealing only to their bank accounts works so unless someone comes up with a way to prove to them that they will have more money in their pocket then the infernal lefty liberal prevention ideas can't pass.

If you ever want to convince someone of anything - convince them by improving their bottom line. Rarely do people choose the right thing over the selfish thing. Rarely do people choose the good of the many over the good of themselves.


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