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To: maceng2 who wrote (51772)	10/13/2002 5:35:54 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

is something real odd about healthcare statistics. Pearly, I am answering this post because you are in Britain, It is really OT, and that does not bother me, but it is a "Third Rail" question that usually provokes a lot of bitter debate when it is brought up here. For that reason, I will not answer any replies, to try to keep it down. Studies have shown, again and again, that most people without Health Insurance are not standing by the exit ramps of Freeways with a sign. They could afford it, but have looked at the premium and decided to "Self Insure." If they get sick, they pay the Doctor. If they can't afford to pay the Doctor, they go to the Emergency room at a Public Hospital.and wait their turn. The waiting time is usually less than if they were in Britain on the Public system. They then stick the Hospital. They might have to wait, but no one gets turned away. The first thing that is usually brought up by people in favor of making everybody here to pay for a Health Program is our infant mortality rate, compared to other countries. The numbers are skewed badly, because the practice here is to attempt to save the life of every "Preemi," without regard to the success of doing so. This is not done at anywhere near the degree that it is done here. So when these babies die, they are counted in the Stats. They also claim that a required system would give better results because poor women would take more advantage of pre-natal care. But study after study shows that when you offer these women free pre-natal, they still won't use it. What is going on is that the left here who demand this type of program be installed are succeeding each year in getting it put in by the "Salami" technique. I will not post back to anyone on this subject.