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To: Lane3 who wrote (16282)	7/1/2002 11:30:20 AM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Interesting point, very interesting. Your summary of Medicare is basically correct. Some docs have opted out, including many of the better ones. That particular rule has been highly controversial. If vouchers were subject to a similar rule, they would not achieve their potential as an instrument to bring about greater opportunities to the less privileged. The privileged will always have opportunities.

To: Lane3 who wrote (16282)	7/1/2002 1:19:37 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

I wonder if the voucher advocates have thought this one through all the way. The similarity between publicly funded medical and educational systems is strong. They have similar fairness and cost issues. The answer will depend on whether intelligence tops jealousy. We might not be able to have schools with mixed economic classes where the poor voucher student pays the voucher amount and the well off student supplements the voucher payment and we still end up with rich schools and poor schools. Which, as you said, is the current situation, so we end up no worse off.