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To: geode00 who wrote (262772)	4/25/2008 6:53:45 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Most of your sources are right wing propaganda. Ah yes, the I disagree with your sources, so they aren't good sources argument... No, there is rationing because you do not have, for example, MRI time available due to a lack of machines and rationing because your insurance company doesn't want to pay for using the MRI machine even when they are readily available. Either way you don't get the MRI. And specifically with MRI's availablity is much greater in the US than it is in most other countries. Interestingly I understand in Canada its quicker and easier to get an MRI for your dog, so there does seem to be a certain "not wanting to pay for it" aspect as well. There certainly is such an aspect in the UK. "War hero refused treatment by NHS By Laura Clout Last Updated: 3:21am GMT 26/02/2008 Doctors have launched a campaign on behalf of a war hero who has been told he must go blind in one eye before he can receive NHS treatment and accused Gordon Brown of "incompetence" in managing the health service..." telegraph.co.uk This is fun for who? Who said it was fun? The time, annoyance, etc. is part of the cost as well. That doesn't mean decreasing the financial costs you pay, doesn't at the margin increase your use of the resource (unless its rationed to prevent or limit your use). The existence of other costs doesn't make the financial cost an insignificant issue, or mean demand won't increase if it goes down.

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