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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (63497)	5/5/2005 7:25:44 PM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Hi Ray - I don't mind Krugman's liberal or partisan positions, but the guy has gotten cranky - about as bad a Maureen Dowd. Compare with James Carville, Charles Rangel, Hilary Clinton, and even Howard Dean. The comparisons with Europe are pretty sloppy - too many differences. France seems to have a health system that works, the UK rations health care by delay, with trivial consequences for people with some diseases and nasty consequences for people with other diseases. Neither country is supporting a multi-billion dollar malpractice bar. There is an oligarchy in Europe however.... Remember that the other 220 million citizens have health insurance, and about 70 million have reasonable plans. Since much of the US electorate doesn't really care for poor people, especially if significant money is involved, I would not expect much change. There are efforts to help SOME poorer people - scholarships, job training, aid for disabled workers. This help is mostly aimed at getting people to not be poor, instead of making life easier for poor people. There are different value systems. The US doesn't have much of a "Christian Democrat" tradition. We have a real good Money tradition.