Re: Public Health Care (was Re: More Green Party)

From: James Rogers (jamesr@best.com)
Date: Thu Jun 29 2000 - 19:00:11 MDT


On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Damien Broderick wrote:
>
> (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.)

Nothing stopping people, except perhaps that they've already been taxed for
as much money as they can afford to support the less responsive government
system. All this does is allow a narrower segment of the well-off to be
able to afford high-quality treatment than would otherwise be the case.

-James Rogers
 jamesr@best.com



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