ideals, you lose your identity as a country much more though the rowly than a place defined by space or race. you need to teach kids that they are heirs to a sublime inheritance they have to keep fast to. great britains has a government rationing body with the national health service. you look at greece which is bankrupt. spain, portugal, ireland. these countries that are now literally suffocating because of the growth of government and indebtedness. it seems like america is moving in that direction more every day. on one measure it is, which is the level of state spending. it was funny. do you remember at the beginning of his presidency when barack obama was asked if he believed in american exceptionalism. he said, yeah, just like the greeks believe in greek exceptionalism. i thought, that s just greece. he could have mentioned any country. the more i see the u.s. debt grow i think it s suspicious
a country much more thoroughly than a place that is defined by space or race. you need to teach kids that they are heirs to a sublime inheritance. i agree with all that, but europe has a government rationing body with their national health service. you look at greece which is bankrupt. spain, portugal, ireland, all these countries that are now literally suffocating because of the growth of government and the indebtedness. it seems like america is moving in that direction more every day. well, on one measure, obviously it is, which is the level of state spending. you know, it was funny, right at the begoing of his presidency, when barack obama was asked if he believed in american exceptionalism, and he said i believe in american exceptionalism, just like the greeks believe in greek exceptionalism. i thought he could have mentioned any country. the more i see the u.s. debt grow, it s suspicious that he
they have a government rationing body. let s say a woman comes in and she needs a hip replacement, and she s beyond the age of does she get that knee replacement? no, she does not. she gets it if she has a buddy in congress or a friend in the government bureaucracy. cronyism is rampant iner area of the government. they know the guys with connections will get the treatments. the average guy won t. did you hear about the case that was the head of one of the provinces in canada and they needed heart work and he went to miami? i ve got a lot of friends in canada and it takes them six months to even get into the doctor. and they real did nontd like the plan they have but they don t have any choice. what about coverage? this is what the president made the mistake of, that providing
treat even privately insured patients. even if you bought the health plan with your own money, the government is still going to be calling some of the shots, and like you pointed out, some doctors are going to be trapped between doing what s right for a patient and avoiding a government penalty. you guys jump in. sean, this law is really about sacrifices and someone is going to have to make a sacrifice. there is no way we can cover everyone. i m a physician and small business owner and i can tell you that i meet people every day who don t have insurance coverage and these people are not worried about their premiums, they re worried about having insurance overall. if we don t cover everyone or most of the people, these people are going to come to the e.r. and the costs are going to be ten times as much, anyway. so we have to make the sacrifice. i feel like we re in the soviet union. but here s the problem. you know, europe came up with this great idea. i ll use great britain as an
they have a government rationing body. let s say a woman comes in and she needs a hip replacement, and she s beyond the age of does she get that knee replacement? no, she does not. she gets it if she has a buddy in congress or a friend in the government bureaucracy. cronyism is rampant iner area of the government. they know the guys with connections will get the treatments. the average guy won t. did you hear about the case that was the head of one of the provinces in canada and they needed heart work and he went to miami? i ve got a lot of friends in canada and it takes them six months to even get into the doctor. and they real did nontd like the plan they have but they don t have any choice. what about coverage? this is what the president made the mistake of, that providing