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Originally Posted by Slava
Nevermind the fact that it doesn't work better as others have already pointed out. I am of the opinion that no one should be denied care or be given sub-standard care because someone else has more money or better financial standing.
In decades gone by fire departments used to operate for profit. This meant that if your house was on fire and couldn't pay then you lost it (or at the very least suffered the consequences). This is the same moral argument as it is for healthcare.
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Maybe this is a side track, but when you brought this up it just reminds me of that scene in Gangs of New York where the building burned down while two competing fire fighting outfits were beating each other up in front of it to determine who got the business.