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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: i-node who wrote (196059)7/28/2004 9:19:16 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (1) of 1575624
 
>When you talk about people not getting healthcare, you simply don't know what you're talking about.

Well, I just had a conversation with six or seven twenty-somethings who are not given health insurance by their employers, and they end up paying 1/3 or more of their take-home pay every month towards their own insurance. I've definitely known people who have gone without dental or doctor visits because they're without insurance. It seems that more and more employers are denying their employees benefits these days; I see it every day. That shouldn't be.

> WHY DO YOU THINK THE UNITED STATES IS WHERE MOST OF THE MAJOR DRUG ADVANCES ORIGINATE? WHY DOESN'T CANADA DEVELOP ITS OWN DRUGS?

The United States also has much more innovation than Canada does in semiconductors... does Canada socialize its semiconductor industry? We do a lot of things well.

>The aforementioned cancer clinic -- yes, it makes millions of dollars a year. BUT THEY HAVE NEVER, EVER TURNED A PATIENT AWAY WHO WAS UNABLE TO PAY. NOT ONCE.

But is that the rule, or is that the exception? We have to trust that private clinics will always do that. I'm always surprised by the fact that the Right, which clearly believes more in the existence of the concept of evil and says that people like Islamic militants can't be rehabilitated because they're evil, are the same ones that trust companies, which are run by people, to do the right thing. -- especially when it's often in their interest not to do so.

-Z
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