--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > The chances of an American administration > and/or an American Congress being able to resist the > pressure and often outright bribes made by these > companies is, in my opinion, slight. It's almost as > if it'll require junking the entire system and start- > ing over to fix it. And how likely is that?
As the Common Dreams guy notes, though, the French have to pay significantly higher taxes in return for their excellent health care. So it's not just the pressure from those who profit from the current health care system the legislators would have to resist, but from the taxpayers as well--especially the upper-income taxpayers who are less dependent on good health insurance for their medical care. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
