re: Why can every other first world country have healthcare for all?

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The idea would be to drive down the cost to near zero through the release of suppressed technologies.

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What are these specifically?

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We have within our grasp to live in near perfect health

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How?

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The medical system in this country, while great, is still flawed and I'm not going to believe otherwise.

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Of course it is, mostly via over burdensome bureaucracy, surely fedgov VA style control would fix this.... /s.

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You need look no further than Ruth Bader Ginsburg to see what can happen if people are motivated to keep someone in good health. An 80 year old woman (hell probably older) who routinely at this point "beats cancer."

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I anesthetized a 99 year old (with far less financial means than Ruth) with metastatic gastric cancer for a hip replacement today. Your example is garbage.