If We Can Nationalize Banks, Why Not Health Care?

[MrsSmith]

If We Can Nationalize Banks, Why Not Health Care?

By Rose Ann DeMoro
Huffington Post
October 10, 2008

On the heels of reports Thursday that the Bush Administration is considering taking part ownership of U.S. banks, it's time to ask, why can't we have a similar approach for our collapsing healthcare system.

Clearly, the proposal to partially nationalize some banks comes as our financial system continues to plunge off the cliff. But there's also a critical emergency in our healthcare system. In homes and hospitals across America, our healthcare system is dying a quiet death. The millions of Americans who endure their pain away from the spotlight of Wall Street or the glare of TV lights, deserve sweeping systemic solutions as well.

Consider that on the same day our government moved to take over collapsing banks, the U.S. Census Bureau released data that 16 percent of Americans under 65 are uninsured, and in some areas, like South Florida, the number is as high as 30 percent.

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California Nurses Ass

I don't even want to think about the CA Nurses ASS pulling over a Huff N' Puff post.     Needless to say, I've never seen a post from anyplace with common sense. 

[Chris_]

In a nutshell, for the lurkers who are too stupid to understand financial basics.

The "bailout" of the banks is an INVESTMENT -- we are loaning capital to the banks and, in return we get shares of stock and IOU's.  The government has already promised to be "silent partners" so they won't be dictating policy or strategy.

In time, we expect the investments to return better than 1:1 -- like a similar (if smaller) investment in Chrysler did way back then.

This model is NOTHING like Nationalized Socialism Health Care, in which the Government IS the "bank." Or the Hospital. We don't insist that every person is taxed to create a bank account and then divvy out the proceeds from that bank account to everyone, irrespective of their contributions thereto.

Some people are too stupid to live.

Really.

[JohnnyReb]

Some people are too stupid to live.

Really.

...and those are the ones wanting national healthcare and U-4-nasia.