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To: Terry Maloney who wrote (260855)	9/18/2003 5:21:19 AM
From: Oblomov	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

>>OB, I'm not convinced that governments understand how to value anything ... OK, then why should they decide how much to pay? >>if no one cares whether the rest are alive or dead? Hmmm... 1% of the Canadian population is on a waiting list. In fact, the risk of dying on a waiting list for cardiac surgery there is greater than the risk of dying on the operating table. And just try to get an MRI - Canada has 1/10 the MRI machines per capita as the US. This doesn't sound compassionate, it sounds Kafkaesque: pith.net What about the development of new therapies? Canada is certainly a laggard there. Why do you think this is?