The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #128165 Message #2866969
Posted By: pdq
18-Mar-10 - 01:41 PM
Thread Name: BS: Dennis Kucinich Sells Out?
Subject: RE: BS: Dennis Kucinich Sells Out?
Universal (government-run) health care will work best when there is a...
a reasonable-sized population (Hawaii has about 1.3 million people)
there is a finite population (Hawaii does not have a neighbor that sends in its people)
everybody contributes in some manner
the entire region has above-average wealth
Hawaii has these qualities. Much of the U.S. does not.