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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Lane3 who wrote (4008)	1/18/2008 8:30:11 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (2) of 42652

There are many countries that have a nationalized oil and gas industry. All of the Mideast countries, a few in South American, Norway in Europe, and our own state of Alaska. In China, the govt. still owns a big chunk. I don't know the current structure in Russia. But the prices of oil and gas are set on the world market, mainly by the consortium of OPEC countries. Most countries pass the cost on to consumers. They don't make it available to their citizens at below world market prices, with some exceptions such as Iran. China still does somewhat but is moving to world pricing. The state of Alaska owns its resources for the benefit of all its citizens. But as far as I know the price of gas is what it is elsewhere. Keep in mind that prices per gallon vary from state to state because of taxes the states put on them. US health care costs are set by US participants, i.e. docs, insurers, and pharmas. There's no world market that sets prices. So the structure of the two industries are very different. In terms of nationalising, it seems to me its like comparing apples and oranges.

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