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And Bert, while there is "Free Food" there is also "Free Healthcare" from the State. But do you think the State can afford to provide free food for everyone? I don't believe that even with better efficiencies that the government could pay for healthcare for everyone...not the way everyone would want it. Declaring things as "rights" is worse than a slippery slope...its more like an avalanch waiting to happen.

We used to accept Medicaid. Alice felt it was the proper and moral thing to do. I agree. But here in NYC, it can ruin you. Additionally, you get a gleam into what people consider their healthcare "right." So we had the 20 year old who was upset that we did not dispense free condoms for her. Or aspirin. Because Medicaid will pay for aspirin and other OTCs.

Whenever we hear about the wonderful system of these countries that have universal healthcare, we never hear about any of the costs associated with it. I mean cost in a general sense. What are the tradeoffs? Is there a higher tax rate? How are physicians rewarded? How long is a wait to get an appointment? And many other questions that I cannot even think of right now.