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   From: hrubin@odds.stat.purdue.edu   
      
   In article ,   
   George Conklin  wrote:   
      
   >"Fred Oinka"  wrote in message   
   >news:9cf33f58-1f3e-4752-a259-fb4edc57daa3@w36g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...   
   >On Sep 10, 8:38 pm, HealthCareThoughts    
   >wrote:   
      
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   >> Like anything, health care isn't free, and has to paid for somehow.   
   >> Money doesn't grow on trees even for the government. It sucks that   
   >> insurance costs money but the whole idea is to have it and never need   
   >> it.   
      
   >The government has no business in the health care business.   
   >It's that simple.   
      
      
      
   >Pure drivel, buddy.  The happiest people are those already IN   
   >government-care, as in Medicare.  Otherwise, the greed of the suppliers has   
   >already raised our costs to twice average levels for industrialized nations.   
      
   Given any kind of government system, at least 80%, not   
   needing too much in care, will be satisfied.  I have   
   coverage exceeding Medicare, and I am definitely NOT   
   satisfied; finding good doctors when your conditions are   
   not "by the book" is not easy, and will be harder under   
   government control.  Physicians are not all created equal,   
   and too many of them, and the government goes along with   
   this, do not let the patient choose among procedures.   
      
      
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