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In reply to the discussion: I'll ask it more simply: can the government be trusted? [View all]Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)I have focused more on that as a solution. I am not necessarily opposed to including government run hospitals as well which I believe would be the difference here.
I would still like HIPPA protections under such a system, but my understanding (which is limited re VA) is that such a system is already in place for VA hospitals and that keeps the overhead quite low and I have heard (but am no expert) that the care is good there.
It is not that I don't trust government, it is that I will never trust everyone that works for the government so to me it is more common sense than paranoia to not trust blindly in government. With transparency and privacy rights not merely assured, but legislated and enforced I would not have to merely trust. If that comes with a proposed USNHS then I would wholeheartedly support it as I believe a profit motive should not exist as the means of providing health care. I would not blindly trust the government, or any government however, we are not supposed to have to trust them, they should have to follow rules that reassure us with laws rather than trust.