Taylor J. Smith wrote:
Ed Storms wrote on 4-21-08:
This is indeed a sad story, Jed, that is repeated many
times each day. The basic problem is that the American
Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution,
the time will come when medicine will organize into an
undercover
Howdy Vorts,
A Medivac chopper cost 15k to transport a patient 100 miles. Look around at
the medical industry and notice the never ending construction of medical
facilities on a huge scale. These new hospital facilities represent a new
industry of unprecedented scope and costs. There is no
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Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC A friend without health insurance
Yes Jeff, that is an argument that is always raised when some form of
socialized medicine is suggested. The fact is that under no successful
system is the service completely free. For example, I'm one of the lucky
people who
Ed Storms wrote on 4-21-08:
This is indeed a sad story, Jed, that is repeated many
times each day. The basic problem is that the American
people have accepted the idea that life in this country
should be based mainly on the individual effort, with
socialism being un-American. Liberalism, which
Actually, i am. I favor tolls on the goods being shipped by companies
along said system using public tax dollars. on the goods, not the
trucks, because the truckers have it hard enough as is.
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Harry Veeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you are opposed to a
Jeff Fink wrote:-
I read that in Great Britain 30% of the people with curable colon cancer
are
dying from colon cancer, because, by the time the operation is scheduled it
is no longer curable
Where did you read this? It doesn't sound like the National health Service I
know. It's possible
Harry Veeder wrote:
If you are opposed to a free health care system thean you must have
been opposed to the free interstate highway system.
Winston Churchill proposed a better analogy for universal free
healthcare. He said it is like the fire department. He said, as I recall:
* When a
Jed Rothwell wrote:
Sometimes they go after the disease has become very serious, and then
they are bankrupted by the system, which -- as I said -- may charge a
patient his entire net worth in a few days. Healthcare costs are the
largest cause of middle-class bankruptcy.
Ironically, I've
On 22/4/2008 9:29 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Harry Veeder wrote:
If you are opposed to a free health care system thean you must have
been opposed to the free interstate highway system.
Winston Churchill proposed a better analogy for universal free
healthcare. He said it is like the fire
Harry Veeder wrote:
Winston Churchill proposed a better analogy for universal free
healthcare. He said it is like the fire department. . . .
The problem with that analogy is that healthcare is more than just putting
out fires. There is the matter of fire prevention and coping with the after
This is indeed a sad story, Jed, that is repeated many times each day.
The basic problem is that the American people have accepted the idea
that life in this country should be based mainly on the individual
effort, with socialism being un-American. Liberalism, which tries to use
the state to
I HAVE insurance, but failed to read the deductible part of it. Went
to the emergency room for a cut open hand, like, you could see fat
tissue and nerves, that cut. Was told as i was leaving they had my
insurance info, no problem. Turns out theres a 1 grand deductible on
emergency room visits
From Edmond Storms:
This is indeed a sad story, Jed, that is repeated many times each day. The
basic problem is that the American people have accepted the idea that life
in this country should be based mainly on the individual effort, with
socialism being un-American. Liberalism, which tries
Yes, I agree. However, even if I were paying the bill, how would I,
while sick, bargain with the doctor to lower my payment? The insurance
company and the government are supposed to do this for me, in their own
self-interest. If the government were the single payer, they would
have a bigger
If you think health care is expensive now, just wait till it's free.
Jeff
-Original Message-
From: Edmund Storms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 11:10 AM
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC A friend without health insurance
This is indeed a sad
Indeed, Senator Kyle a couple of years ago had a talk in the
Scottsdale galleria, a large office building where I worked, in a town
hall format. He talked about medicare D, and the beauty of how it
made the us government the largest single buyer, and how it gave med d
such bargaining rights. my
, April 21, 2008 11:10 AM
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC A friend without health insurance
This is indeed a sad story, Jed, that is repeated many times each day.
The basic problem is that the American people have accepted the idea
that life in this country should be based mainly
If you are opposed to a free health care system thean you must have
been opposed to the free interstate highway system.
Harry
Jeff Fink wrote:
If you think health care is expensive now, just wait till it's free.
Jeff
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