A Lifelong Democrat Switches To McCain

1. It could be that doctors choose disciplines for more than just $$. Maybe they want to spend time doing feet or skin rather than treating cancer.
2. During the TennCare debacle, our area saw a doctor exodus. Now that it's been killed (for the most part) doctors are returning, to precisely those urban and rural areas (perhaps due to little competition?)
3. I have been where Baptist Believer and Martin talk about. I had a family income of around $20K. Couldn't afford health insurance. My health care costs were LESS then than now because of it. My family doctor charged me $25 for an office visit. Now that I have coverage, the cost is $150 but my copay a fraction of that.
4. we need to remember there's a difference between universal health care and universal health insurance. The former is the result; the latter, the means to the end. It's like mandating auto insurance vs mandatory auto repair. One provides coverage, the other, regulation of repairs for accidents, oil/tire changes, etc. We have a form of universal health care now. We had a form of universal health insurance in Tennessee. It was an abysmal failure. I'd love to see it work. But it's hard to justify constitutionally.
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