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So nationalized health care is back. Someone must have pulled the stake from its heart. TennCare, the Tennessee model for nationalized health care, was a test case during the Clinton era. If it had succeeded, it would have been the poster child for the national version. It was rife with corruption and unexpected results. Sick people from neighboring states were using Tennessee relatives' addresses in order to "qualify" for TennCare. Small business owners, who were providing medical insurance for their employees, simply stopped doing so, and let TennCare pick up the tab.

p>If freebies are passed out, then there must be restrictions. If a rich family hosts an elegant banquet, then it will be by invitation only, and those invitations will be checked at the door by strong men. If "free" healthcare is being passed out, then we must stop illegal immigration. Does this mean that Hillary Clinton would close our borders and enforce our immigration laws? I don't think so. br> -- David Shoup br> Augusta, Georgia /p> p> Why do you call it universal when it is socialism? Yes, poor persons do need health care but like everything else, if they implement that, they will just up the income that is classified the poor. They want socialism, big government, big bureaucracy, high taxes and the power to tell the citizens how to act, think and basically to control our lives. It stinks to high heaven. Call it what it is not what is PC. br> -- Tom MacKay /p>

Let's see if I understand. The same government that got us into Vietnam and Iraq; created welfare to end poverty in America; runs our education system; keeps airlines flying on time; and maintains our bridges is now going to provide us healthcare.

Mrs. Clinton proposes to raise the taxes on "only the wealthiest Americans" to pay the trillions of dollars this will cost. (She says billions, but has there ever been a government program the cost of which didn't very quickly quadruple or quintuple?)

Let's see if I understand. Only "the richest Americans" will pay for this. I'm guessing that since less than half of Americans pay any federal income taxes at all, they must be the "richest." That takes us back to Mrs. Clinton's remark during her 90's attempts to hijack the medical system, that "no physician needs to make more than $70,000 a year anyway."

My then educated guess is that richest Americans are those who make $70,000 and up. Hmm. I never thought of myself as rich. I guess once Mrs. Clinton gets elected I can buy a new Lexus and stop driving a 10 year old Taurus. Or maybe a Mercedes or BMW. Aren't they what rich people drive?

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