Quote Originally Posted by 40oz
unless of course the government decides to come in and bail a failing business out. Then its just sit back and let the dough roll in while everyone else struggles to earn money.




So then maybe capitalism isnt the answer, huh. People's health and well being should be more of a priority than competing businesses. Humans are competitive by nature, we don't need a system that causes us to be cut throats to survive.
Actually capitalism would work just fine if the government would stay out of things. And the high cost of health care is the perfect example of capitalism working. No everyone can't be covered, but this isn't a perfect world. The reason American scientists are working on cures for cancer's and the reason they have had some success with ovarian cancer treatment and others is because they are compensated very well for these discoveries.

Socialized healthcare will just mean horrible care for all Americans rather than a few. Scientists will stop releasing cures because they won't get paid enough for doing so. Why exactly to people travel from all over the world to get treated in America?