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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Road Walker who wrote (13573)2/25/2010 3:00:01 PM
From: Lane31 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
they don't tell them how to do it. The function is turned over to a private company

That's not true. The contracting agency retains responsibility for the function and the authority to specify how it is performed. That is done via contract specifications.

I still don't see you mentioning any recent increases in government "functionality".

I covered the major ones over the last century.

Here's a link from Wiki showing independent agencies added and dissolution. I think agency creation and dissolution is a reasonable proxy for major government functionality added and deleted. You create an EPA, for example, when you take on the functionality of environmental protection.

en.wikipedia.org
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