tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383741895455123821.post6430410216351329856..comments2024-02-04T14:05:34.412-08:00Comments on Rim Country Gazette: Half on Medicare in AZ use free preventive careJames Keyworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16778065398076170813noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383741895455123821.post-7374099025340493852012-08-18T19:50:35.956-07:002012-08-18T19:50:35.956-07:00Congress will refuse any major changes in Medi-Car...Congress will refuse any major changes in Medi-Care for political reasons. Of greater relevance is the absence of means to pay for Medi-Care as it now exists, and here the logic appears to be fatally flawed.<br /><br />The Ryan-Romney premise that the wealthy 2-3% of the population including corporations will (out the of kindness of their hearts?) engage in job creation. If the wealthy were going to create jobs, wouldn't they already have done so? They already have most of the expendable cash, and are choosing to sit on it rather than spend it.<br /><br />How does Romney’s plan to allow them to keep even more cash provide any solution? The real crisis is the irrevocable transfer of ever greater wealth to the wealthy under the Bush tax cuts. The only solution is real tax reform, and the only alternative is eventual repudiation of burgeoning debt.<br /><br />My only consolation, is that Ryan-Romney are revealing to intelligent Americans what a disingenuous policy they expound, and that the remainder of the population, including most thoughtful and deserving Americans, will be encouraged to vote according to their consciences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383741895455123821.post-12063298167832591622012-07-12T16:10:26.239-07:002012-07-12T16:10:26.239-07:00You really naive enough to think that anything is ...You really naive enough to think that anything is FREE? Are the doctors volunteering their time and materials for these FREE checkups? No? Who's paying for it then? The government? Who pays that? You and me. The insurance companies? Who pays that? The policyholders in the form of higher premiums.<br /><br />What "Free" means in this context, is you are going to pay for it whether you use it or not.<br /><br />My premiums went up $240 a year when the "free" stuff kicked in. In return, I got a "free" $55 mammogram.<br /><br />Such a deal....<br /><br />There are NO free lunches, NO free puppies, and NO free healthcare. There's just healthcare that someone else will pay for instead of the person receiving it.<br /><br />But it will never be FREE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com