Name:   Buteye - Subject:   Could They? Date:   7/28/2017 3:29:27 PM (updated 7/28/2017 3:31:42 PM)

I think your points are well taken. At the moment, just let healthcare "simmer" for awhile and move full steam ahead with many of the other plans, such as taxes, infrastructure, the "wall", cutting regulations, etc. I would not be opposed to getting a group of prominent women from all the different backgrounds related to solving the healthcare problem and see what they come up with. It would be worth the effort to get the "politicians" out of the picture and bring together experts from every segment of the economy that bears on this problem(doctors, lawyers, insurance companies, financial advisors), and any other players that could provide a meaningful input on this matter. Most "politicians" are concerned only with listening to lobbyists and getting reelected, and show "little" concern for the people they represent. The current state of our government affairs is a "prime" example of this situation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                As I continue to say, I do not support my taxes being used to provide health care insurance for anyone who does not take responsibility for making healthcare insurance a priority for themselves  and others they are responsible for. Why should I be paying for someone elses insurance when they "neglect" caring for their families? What "right" does the Federal Government have to require me to support someone's healthcare needs when they decide that "rolling" the dice and "pulling" slot machine levers  at casinos are more fun and take priority over providing healthcare for their family? The government has already enacted so many "welfare" benefit laws that there is a record of over 95 million workers who are not in the Labor Force today. Contrary to popular belief, our "taxes" can only support a limited amount of "free" government benefits. We continue to "ignore" the fact that our National Debt is over 20 trillion dollars. What happens when the Chinese decide we need to pay up?

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