I agree that the government should not pay for it. There are myriad organizations (that many of us give money to of our own free will) that are in existence for no reason other than to take care of folks who are unable to take care of themselves.

What the government can do to help people be able to afford medical care is to reform our legal system to curtail the frivolous law suits that drive up the cost of care. Additionally if they would like to provide some sort of tax incentive to provide medication and treatment at lower rates then that too is fine, but the wholesale take over and government running of the medical industry is unacceptable.

It is also worth pointing out that many (if not most) of the revolutionary treatments, that countries with socialized medicine use to save lives, were pioneered by those evil rich doctors and research companies in the U.S.A.

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