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   >>>>>>>> It's a matter of chance if they get sick. People go bankrupt   
   >>>>>>>> from medical costs all the time in America. We're unique like   
   >>>>>>>> that.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Doubtful.  Not all countries have socialized medicine.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> The United States is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that   
   >>>>>> does not provide universal health care to its citizens.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I am not going to argue the point.  I consider the subject a   
   >>>>> personal responsibility.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Then don't ever claim that the US is a "Chistian Nation".   
   >>>   
   >>> I have never made such a claim and I never will.   The   
   >>> Treaty of Tripoli settled that.   
   >>>   
   >> From a prominent retired surgeon:   
   >   
   > Who is voicing his opinion - anonymously.   
      
   And your opinion is obviously that if one is not rich they should just   
   die.   
      
   >   
   >>   
   >>Every American has the right to keep their body healthy without going   
   >>broke. Every American should have access to public health services in   
   >>their own communities and quality local hospitals.   
   >>   
   >>The obscenely high cost of health care in America is caused by the   
   >>insatiable greed of corporate middlemen who get rich by standing in   
   >>between you and the healthcare your doctors say you need and using   
   >>mountains of costly and unnecessary paperwork to hide the fact that   
   >>they are strip-mining the Medicare trust fund and defrauding the   
   >>American people.   
   >>   
   >>By finally driving the greed and waste out of the system, we can save   
   >>enough to not just lower costs for everyone, but to add much-needed   
   >>coverage for dental, hearing and vision.   
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