[quote[ Do you actually believe that local clinics are going to have the resources to care for these men, or even the space? And privatization won't help these guys either, especially the ones in need of long term care. A hospital operating for profit is going to find real quick that patients like that cost money, and reduce profits.[/quote]

You might bear this in mind when you next discuss national health care as a solution to cost problems. Most hospitals are not owned by some level of government, and most doctors are in private practices. Then there's that ugly word again--Tanstaafl.

President Reagan summed it up nicely, "Some people go through their entire lives wondering if they made a difference, Marines don't have that problem!!!"