I would prefer that commenters adopt a consistent handle -- could be their real name or a pseudonym, but it would be best if we keep personae straight.
In general, I publish comments if they constitute a substantive contribution to a discussion or to general knowledge. Occasionally, I allow a comment through in order to use it as an illustration of logical fallacy or inappropriate behavior. Obviously commenters won't like it when that happens, but they probably wouldn't like it either if I didn't publish it at all. Best solution: don't offer fallacious or offensive comments.
I also may decline to publish something just because it is wildly off topic. But I might allow something off topic if it's sufficiently interesting in its own right and/or the post topic is whimsical.
I would prefer not to moderate comments at all, as indeed I did not over more than a decade of maintaining this blog, but it became necessary. The offenders brought it on themselves.
Update: The problem with "Anonymous" as a handle, even if you use it consistently, is that other people may use it as well, so we can never be sure it's the same person.
Note: In response to an inquiry, it is indeed true that the British National Health Service is currently under serious strain and that there are long waits for elective procedures. That is because the Tory government has been starving the service of funding. Obviously, if you have a taxpayer supported system government has to be willing to spend enough money for it to function well. That said, the Brits are still better off than they would be without it because they can still buy private health care services if they want to and they can afford it. Take away the NHS, and people who can't afford it would have no health care at all. Elect a Labor government, and the problem will be solved.
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And there are so many names to choose from:
"Too Many Daves", by Theodor Seuss Geisel
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Did I ever tell you that Mrs. McCave
Had twenty-three sons and she named them all Dave?
Well, she did. And that wasn't a smart thing to do.
You see, when she wants one and calls out, 'Yoo-Hoo!
Come into the house, Dave!' she doesn't get one.
All twenty-three Daves of hers come on the run!
This makes things quite difficult at the McCaves'
As you can imagine, with so many Daves.
And often she wishes that, when they were born,
She had named one of them Bodkin Van Horn
And one of them Hoos-Foos. And one of them Snimm.
And one of them Hot-Shot. And one Sunny Jim.
And one of them Shadrack. And one of them Blinkey.
And one of them Stuffy. And one of them Stinkey.
Another one Putt-Putt. Another one Moon Face.
Another one Marvin O'Gravel Balloon Face.
And one of them Ziggy. And one Soggy Muff.
One Buffalo Bill. And one Biffalo Buff.
And one of them Sneepy. And one Weepy Weed.
And one Paris Garters. And one Harris Tweed.
And one of them Sir Michael Carmichael Zutt
And one of them Oliver Boliver Butt
And one of them Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate ...
But she didn't do it. And now it's too late.
And that's only English names! Choose a French handle, or Korean, or Swiss-German, or ...
All I ask of these legislators is that they make themselves subject to the same system they want to provide for the rest of us.
https://khn.org/news/theres-a-new-medicare-for-all-bill-in-the-house-why-does-it-matter/
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) unveiled the “Medicare for All Act of 2019,” which redefines what the change in health care coverage might mean.
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Private insurers would not be allowed to sell plans that compete with the government program.
I don't really know what the point is of not allowing private insurance. In Britain you can buy private insurance if you want to. And of course right now Medicare beneficiaries can buy "medigap" insurance that covers what Medicare won't. Takes some of the stress off of the public insurance program, and makes it more politically acceptable. I can't see the harm in it myself.
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It occurs to me that there is absolutely no reason why representatives and senators should have anything more (or less) than the coverage the rest of the country gets. In addition, "Libertarians" and others who believe in the nonexistent "free market" should be put on commission--put their money where their mouths are, so to speak. Government is running a debt, and we have a huge trade imbalance? Oh well, minimum wage till we're solvent.
Without private insurance available, then you'll be subject to the whims of the next congress as the Brits are.
We're screwed
Well no, I don't think we're screwed because I don't think any such provision will be enacted. This is all work in progress, and this is just one proposal. In any case Medicare has been adequately funded since it was established.
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