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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Lane3 who wrote (24354)7/26/2012 8:13:21 AM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
"Which is all the more reason to do only what is necessary and keep their paws out of the rest. "

As mentioned, the Interstates, railroads, NASA, pure research, etc, etc, etc. None "necessary", all of huge benefit to our society and our prosperity.

Here is one I just heard on NPR on the way into work (and back on topic).

Scientists have long searched for a prescription to treat addiction. But companies were hesitant to develop one. Charles O'Keeffe is the former president and CEO of Reckitt Benckiser, the company that developed Suboxone. "There's not much money to be made in it," says O'Keeffe. "This is not a disease space that a lot of people want to treat." The US government stepped in and partnered with Reckitt to bring the drug to market in 2000.

The whole article here: npr.org

If you want to correct me, I suggest you write something that contradicts what I wrote.

Suggest away. I'll post whatever I feel like at the moment. As will you.
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