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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: bentway who wrote (507968)8/25/2009 11:33:09 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) of 1573100
 
>> You're missing the point - PRIVATE insurance exist

Only in limited form, and only to provide those few people who can afford it an actual alternative to the horrible health care delivered by NHS.

The "point" you're claiming I'm missing is actually lost on you -- that NHS is purely socialized medicine which doesn't involve a "government option" insurance plan at all. These additional programs are necessary to provide some alternative for those who don't want to be at the mercy of NHS.

I can't address Taro's situation and if he wants to I'm sure he will. But to argue that this, in any way, is similar to the kind of coexistence of an American "government option" with private plans is utterly absurd. I see no evidence of that kind of arrangement existing at all.
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