At 06:47 AM 29/06/00 -0700, Brian Williams wrote:
>We too have public hospitals, Cook County hospital scene of Chicago
>Hope being perhaps the most famous example.
>
>You don't need insurance or a nickel to your name to be treated
>there, but you have to wait, wait alot, and fill out reams of
>paperwork.
>
>And that's what all the fuss is about.
Interesting, but that doesn't quite explain Bonnie's sad tale:
>I've had to drink gallons of water to get
>rid of a bladder infection, because I couldn't afford to go to a doctor and
>get antibiotics. I know what it's like to take a risk.
Couldn't happen in Australia. And you wouldn't need to wait long, or fill
in *any* paperwork - just a local doctor, and a signature. (Major treatment
would require a trip to the hospital, of course, and attendant tedium. But
there's nothing stopping people here from buying insurance and getting
swifter treatment.)
Damien Broderick
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