Why Emergency bills are ALWAYS bad.

[boundfate]

I've been ranting against the stimulus bill since it was first crafted. Not that I'm against the intent - I'm for the intent. I am o.k. with going more in debt to build bridges and roads and put people back to work creating things that will benefit us for generations as a country

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Healthcare

[darc_oso]

From the article:
"[Daschle] praises Europeans for being more willing to accept 'hopeless diagnoses' and 'forgo experimental treatments,' and he chastises Americans for expecting too much from the health-care system."

Everything I've seen or read refutes Daschle's comments. The Europeans are often more flexible on experimental treatments than we Americans ever have been. I don't know if you've seen the movie Sicko but it raised some questions that prompted me to do more research and talking with professors. As one looking toward the medical field as a career, I can only hope that there will be some politicians who take that republican's advice and read. Maybe Obama will actually create a smarter and more capable Congress if only he does it through forcing them to actually read the bills passed, right? There's got to be a middle road, and I think it's going to have to start with the insurance companies dropping prices of things like $50 IV bags and $1500 Ambulance trips. I'm sure if prices of all medical supplies drop, then there will be plenty of money for most of those so-called "experimental treatments."