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To: jttmab who wrote (9848)	1/25/2002 12:54:35 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 93284

I have no desire to disregard minorities. We were talking about the health care system, and I mentioned a couple of things that might have to do more with cultural barriers to full enjoyment of the system than the deficiencies of the system itself. That set you off into a tirade. I would be happy to include premature deaths due to gunshot or, for that matter, stress. Again, these are cultural factors that do not directly bear on comparisons of the health care systems. I am not acquainted with Texas City, nor do I know what care is available at Watts. I am acquainted with Greater Southeast General Hospital, formerly Cafritz, which serves a mainly minority population, many of who are on welfare. It is still a decent hospital. I find your comment on the Japanese bizarre. In most of your subsequent tirade, you seem to be confusing me with someone else. I do not recall having a discussion of buying weapons grade plutonium with you. I never denied that the anthrax might have been from a domestic source. All I recall saying about something that jla proffered was that it was interesting. Again, I know nothing about Texas City, and the reference to DFW means nothing to me. Certainly, I was not referring to issues far from our discussion. I meant merely things like being comfortable with the doctor one has, receiving prompt treatment, the quality of palliative treatment for chronic conditions, and the like. School dropout rates are definitely off- topic. While it is true that I like sherry, I drink so little during the course of a year that expense does not weigh upon me. I think I drank one or two evenings in the past year, and neither time was it sherry. Quality? Well, I do not know how that bears on our discussion, again. To get back to the point: There are reasons for the higher cost of health care in the United States that have to do with consumer preference, including the desire to have the government ensure both safety and effectiveness of drugs. The fact that the United States ranks roughly 7th among industrialized nations in infant mortality and life expectancy does not indicate that the money is being wasted, because the data would have to be subject to a multivariant analysis before one could blame the health care system itself. None of the comparisons I saw did that. If you have something, share it with me.