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- From: slh@gibdo.engr.washington.edu ()
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- Subject: Re: Trust Me - I'm from the Government to help you
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 03:41:17 GMT
- Organization: N.O.N.E.
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- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.032410.21761@gibdo.engr.washington.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan22.204239.14099@ssc.com> fyl@ssc.com (Phil Hughes) writes:
- |slh@gibdo.engr.washington.edu wrote:
- |: In article <1993Jan20.071414.4698@fylz.wa.com> fyl@fylz.wa.com (Phil Hughes) writes:
- |
- |: |I don't understand why this is such a problem for Americans.
- |: |Americans are willing to shop at Pace and other large-scale retailers
- |: |that eliminate the middleman. The Canadian health care system is
- |: |exactly the same -- eliminate unnecessary middlemen and the cost goes
- |: |down.
- |:
- |: because we have a choice of whether or not we go to costco.
- |: should we have one phone carrier, one postal service,
- |: one grocery store, one...?
- |: the same could be said of all of them.
- |
- |And in Canada (unlike HMOs here) you have a choice of what doctor you go
- |to. Why do people continue to attempt to equate one insurance provider
- |with on choice in health care?
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- first I don't know if that is true of all hmos here.
- second it's still giving you no choice in insurance providers.
- for you, this would be like being forced to go to costco,
- but still given a (limited) choice of brands.
-
- insurance costs too much,
- but I don't buy that most people can't afford it.
- I think a lot of people choose to spend their money otherwise and
- then whine when they need insurance they didn't bother to get early
- because there wasn't an immediate need.
- how many people have cable for instance?
- we know that's overpriced and plenty of people get that,
- probably including a lot people who claim they can't afford insurance.
-