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To: Geoff Altman who wrote (144588)	10/26/2005 10:13:53 AM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Respond to of 793912

For those of you who are not aware, North Dakota and southwestern Montana got hit with their first blizzard of the season a couple of weeks ago. This text is from county emergency manager out in the western part of North Dakota state after the storm. WEATHER BULLETIN Up here in the Northern Plains we just recovered from a Historic event --- may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical proportions" --- with a historic blizzard of up to 24" inches of snow and winds to 50 MPH that broke trees in half, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed all roads, isolated scores of communities and cut power to 10's of thousands. George Bush did not come.... FEMA staged nothing.... No one howled for the government... No one even uttered an expletive on TV... Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards..... No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House.... No news anchors moved in. We just melted snow for water, sent out caravans to pluck people out of snow engulfed cars, fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or Aladdin lamps and put on an extra layer of clothes. Even though a Category "5" blizzard of this scale has never fallen this early...we know it can happen and how to deal with it ourselves. Everybody is fine. (Interesting story but actual source unknown)

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (144588)	10/26/2005 4:36:49 PM
From: Condo	Respond to of 793912

<<What exactly do you mean by 3) Medicare/Medicaid impact? >> Coverage, cost, treatment, prescription. This is clear enough: <<All other drugs would be dispensed by clinics without a prescription where there would be social services education and treatment available to users.>> IMO, government doesn't belong in the business of protecting adults from themselves. But transition/implementation seems tricky to me (so the process questions). Maybe the examples of Holland, Switzerland, now Canada are useful.