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Re:How to Charge $546 for Six Liters of Saltwater by duaneb on Sunday August 25, 2013 @07:54PM (#6274300)
> Copy the health care system of any other rich country.

This is easier said than done. The link between socialism, still a profane political philosophy, and municipal health care is too strong—the time it would take to switch it over is be on the order of election cycles, not years. Granted, we are already on that road, but it's going to be a long time before any mainstream politician embraces it.

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Re:How to Charge $546 for Six Liters of Saltwater by rhizome on Monday August 26, 2013 @12:18AM (#6275167)
still a profane political philosophy

Absolutely not, and and "socialist" is not the same thing as "socialism" at any rate. The only people who hate the idea are the hardcore capitalists, most notably those who profit from the current regime (industrialists and drama-fed parasites like the media and politicians), but the fact remains that nationalized health care is a feature of pretty much every single country with a higher standard of living than the US.

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Re:How to Charge $546 for Six Liters of Saltwater by duaneb on Monday August 26, 2013 @09:36AM (#6276921)
> The only people who hate the idea are the hardcore capitalists

Well, them and voters.

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Re:How to Charge $546 for Six Liters of Saltwater by rhizome on Monday August 26, 2013 @02:17PM (#6278820)
Pretty sure voters would like a higher standard of living.
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Re:How to Charge $546 for Six Liters of Saltwater by fnordfnordfnord on Sunday August 25, 2013 @08:59PM (#6274529)
The Boomers will die (of substandard health care) in another decade or so. That will change politics quite a bit.
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