[MD] Down the road of mediocrity

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Platt]
> I wouldn't have had a child if I couldn't afford to take care of her.
> 
> [Arlo]
> Of course, but let's pretend you lost your job and were unable to 
> afford health insurance, or your new position refused to cover 
> "previous illnesses". Would you have argued against her receiving 
> medical treatment? Because I'm sure you are aware of what these bills 
> are, even "simple" tests can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. 
> No one with insurance can afford this.

Much of those "costs" are red tape and paperwork caused by government interference
in medicine. But let's pretend, would you have paid for her medical treatment if
I couldn't?  (Your last sentence is factually wrong. Insurance paid her bills." 

> [Platt]
> Wait 18 weeks for an operation like in Briton? You call that a great 
> system? Thanks, but no thanks.
> 
> [Arlo]
> I didn't call it a great system. I said who lives and who dies should 
> not be based on market forces.

If it's not a great system, why do you favor imposing it on Americans?




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