"Jenn" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Tarver Engineering" > wrote:
>
> > "Jenn" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > In article .net>,
> > > "Steven P. McNicoll" > wrote:
> > >
> > > > "john" > wrote in message
> > > > ...
> > > > >
> > > > > So what am I to deduce from that statement? That the health care
needs
> > > > > of all the people in the country was adequately taken care of
during
> > > > > that period?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Pretty much. Prior to government meddling health care was far more
> > > > affordable than it is today.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > the overhead for medicare is tiny compared to private insurance
companies
> >
> > False.
> >
> > Thanks for playing.

> this one is a no brainer and well documented --

Normally I would bow to your "no brainer" expertice, but I must object to
the idea that Medicare saves American society money.

> private for profits and
> insurance companies divert money that could go for providing health care
> into bureaucracy and profit -- the 'efficiency' so touted by greedheads
> is actually just about denying care

Technophobia is well known and widespread in government. Didn't you know
that Medicare is how LBJ made Perot rich?

> a single payer plan would save 100s of billions now wasted in insurance
> company overhead

No, a single payer plan would doom women with breast cancer to die.