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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: haqihana who wrote (280914)	7/27/2002 1:15:37 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

It seems $400 billion we're already paying in tax dollars is a heck of a lot, and would manage most of our basic medical care. That's $4,000 per year per household BEFORE any private insurance. Average Joe's household pays through wages or directly another $4000/year, or more. That's $7k-$10k, an unbelievable amount, considering most people are healthy. I know one thing: it isn't the docs who are getting the extra money. I certainly don't trust the administration or Congress to fix this. It has to be a public referendum of some sort, maybe at the state-by-state level, where there's a shred of representation left.