Originally posted by: Xavier434
I am not saying that the government is completely innocent, but we can't just take that away. These are not cars we are talking about here. This is people's health. You are comparing apples and oranges. People want to blame most of the problem on govt involvement because that is easy to do, but the problem is that simply taking it away will result in a lot of other problems. They may not effect the upper middle class and the rich but they will effect lots of people.
Sure we can, when we're the ones piling on these regulations. This just happened last week:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10...l.html?pagewanted=1&hp
WASHINGTON ? More than one-third of all Americans will soon receive better insurance coverage for mental health treatments because of a new law that, for the first time, requires equal coverage of mental and physical illnesses.
Representative Patrick J. Kennedy speaking at a rally in March on Capitol Hill. Mr. Kennedy and Representative Jim Ramstad, third from left, led the fight in the House for mental health parity.
The requirement, included in the economic bailout bill that President Bush signed on Friday, is the result of 12 years of passionate advocacy by friends and relatives of people with mental illness and addiction disorders. They described the new law as a milestone in the quest for civil rights, an effort to end insurance discrimination and to reduce the stigma of mental illness.
This is something that the Democrats buried in the bailout bill. Rather odd, and silly, how dumping money into self-inflicted problems like caffeine intoxication, eating disorders, and compulsive gambling is somehow a top priority. :roll:
