Reply #11: Finally a civil response to answer

[texasgal08]

Hi! I really appreciate the civil response to my post. I'm an independent, and I'm looking at points of view from all sides of the spectrum to make my 08 decision. I stumbled on DU, having seen a link from the AP. I had never heard of it before today. Judging from the response to my first post, however,it seems like free and open dialog is not welcomed or appreciated here, but we'll give it one more try.
When I assert that "capitalism" is the answer to the health care crisis, I am specifically referring to the fact that competition in the marketplace will weed out the non-performers in terms of poor service/value for services. This may/may not be the answer for quality of services, but it's a start. Money being equal to compassion...well, that's not an exact science, but it's a good start. I don't think people realize how compassionate IT IS when philanthropists open their checkbooks and add wings onto hospitals. Let us not forget that w/o contributions from the public (voluntary & involuntary), most health care facilities (private & public) would be broke. I know this may be anecdotal, but in the Dallas/Ft Worth metroplex where I live, we have new hospitals cropping up every year in the suburbs and even into more rural areas to accommodate the surging population, leaving the "downtown" hospitals behind, but "old money" continues to keep those hospitals open for the homeless and immigrant constituency who seem to flood the lobbies every night and every weekend.

So, back to my original point, Beck's assertion (and mine) is that health care system doesn't just need an injection of money or public funding to get straightened out, it needs compassion from the inside out. No candidate is zeroing in on this problem, and no candidate is offering any solutions (not even monetary solutions!). I have scoured the Blue and Red websites to find detailed plans for health care reform that even rivals Sen. Clinton's plan from the 90's. I haven't seen anything that even touches HER, and her plans failed.

I am hoping that someone out there comes up with answers that are WORKABLE, not just MENTIONABLE.