Re: How much do people care about their own health? (Was: do republicans/politicians care...)

2002-12-22 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:42 PM 12/17/02 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote: In preface, I think you took my 'Evil Overlady' without her smileys... :) And I hope you noticed the line at the bottom of my post: Taking The Contrarian POV Maru ;-) --- Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell

RE: How much do people care about their own health? (Was: do republicans/politicians care...)

2002-12-22 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 12:51 AM 12/18/02 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: --- Ronn! Blankenship wrote: OTOH, where *does* one¹ hold the line on health costs? _ ¹Be that one the government, an HMO, a private insurer, or the individual. If a young person tests positive for Huntingdon's disease, do we

Re: How much do people care about their own health? (Was: do republicans/politicians care...)

2002-12-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:31 PM 12/17/02 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote: - Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: --- The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michigan program limits drugs for low-income patients LANSING, Mich., Dec. 16 — Michigan acted legally when it attempted to

Re: How much do people care about their own health? (Was: do republicans/politicians care...)

2002-12-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 12:45 PM 12/18/02 +1000, Russell Chapman wrote: What's new is the smart card children use to buy this stuff. Parents have the option to allow/disallow various foods by item or category, or allow weekly quotas of specific foods/categories. Because parents aren't giving the children cash to