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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (303964)9/22/2006 1:07:37 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 1574055
 
I don't have a specific claim about how much the governments costs would be pushed up.

I've seen claims that seem reasonable that estimate they would push the cost figures up a lot, but they were not highly specific, and also you would think that large government programs could benefit somewhat by economies of scale.

My point is not "government programs would definitely be more expensive", but rather that the available information isn't sufficient to indicate that they are cheaper.

Also to the extent that the total costs would be cheaper, that would probably at least partially rely on tighter rationing, or in other words less health care being provided. It could be argued that the rationing (at least if you are still allowed to spend you own money on additional care that isn't covered) makes sense, but whether or not you consider it to be sensible or good it should be recognized.
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