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p> POWER HEALTH br> Re: David Hogberg's Kerry-Krugman Health Care : /p>

In his excellent piece David Hogberg asks, "What is it about liberals and health care?" If the question isn't entirely rhetorical, I'd like to suggest that liberals don't care a bit about health care. In a brief exchange with a liberal colleague of mine in academia, I ticked off the problems with the Canadian system, and he responded with astonishing frankness that he just didn't care. What was important, apparently -- under the guise of eliminating every conceivable possibility of injustice to the sick or lame -- was that his class of people be in charge of the medical system, so that they could dispense medical justice as they saw fit.

p>Hogberg's concrete points are well taken by me and untold millions of others who do not want a socialized system of medical care. But forget about raising such points with the liberal policy wonks and the Kerry-Krugman-Hillary lumpenintellectuals. They don't care about medical care. They care about power. br> -- John R. Dunlap br> San Jose, California /p>

Amen. I agree whole heartedly with most everything you said about health insurance. However, you left out an important component that you may not like to hear about.

Rather than universal care, what the government really can do for the health care industry is to install some price regulations. The drug companies, insurance companies, and medical providers are conspiring to make a fortune at the expense of the American public. No, universal care is not the answer. A solid antitrust suit against key companies of these three industries needs to occur, because it's pretty obvious with pricing and recently enacted legislation that nobody seems to be balancing the power of this conspiracy.

p>Otherwise, your defense of HSA's is admirable and on-point. Thank you.

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