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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (3790)	3/29/2004 2:07:58 PM
From: Gulo	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 37065

Good post. If the US actually now spends that much more on health care than we do, I suspect it is at least partly because they are subsidizing drug costs in other countries. The U.S. doesn't have the price controls that most of Europe and Canada have, so the drug development industry depends on higher prices in the U.S. to pay for their development programs. If the U.S. adopted price controls, drug development would be greatly slowed. Another reason that Americans spend more on health care may be that they are allowed to. I know my brother would gladly have spent a few thousand extra to get his cancer surgery sooner. -g

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (3790)	4/6/2004 8:53:37 AM
From: AC Flyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37065

>>There is something wrong with our entire system...We need to stop being so friggin' regional or maybe just break up<< You'll like this: Saskatchewanians most willing to join U.S. OTTAWA - The federal government was warned in late 2002 that Western Canadian alienation had reached disturbing levels......with almost one-quarter of Saskatchewan residents polled saying they wouldn't care if they joined the United States. Research done 14 months ago by the Ekos polling firm, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information law, doesn't blame alienation on the Kyoto issue. Ekos points instead to a sense among residents in almost all provinces that their interests and values are ignored in Ottawa. "On the whole, western disaffection is a real issue which is somewhat inflamed, particularly in Alberta and Saskatchewan," said an analysis accompanying the poll. Twenty-three per cent of Saskatchewanians said they would not be too concerned if their province joined the United States - more than in Alberta or Quebec, where 19 per cent in both those provinces expressed that view. dailyheraldtribune.com