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To: TimF who wrote (79313)	9/14/2006 6:40:14 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Go to the emergency rooms of the major hospitals at 3 in the morning and you will see the farce of the US "system" of health care.

To: TimF who wrote (79313)	9/14/2006 6:43:55 PM
From: Nicholas Thompson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

True there is some care even when people here are uninsured; but it is shameful that the USA ranks worse than all major industrial countries in almost all health measures such as infant death rate, average age at death, etc. and yet our citizens spend far more per capita on health care than any other country, spending , for example, about 75% more per capita than Germany, despite its relatively old population. There are many reasons for this , greed being one big one.

To: TimF who wrote (79313)	9/14/2006 6:44:12 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

<“The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism. To redefine Common Article Three [of the Geneva conventions] would add to those doubts. Furthermore, it would put our own troops at risk,” Mr Powell wrote in a letter to Mr McCain that was released yesterday.> Good grief -- signs of intelligent life in the Senate -- who would have thought it possible: news.yahoo.com

To: TimF who wrote (79313)	9/14/2006 7:46:56 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

The US health care system under Bushies has grown far worse. And much more expensive and difficult to afford. Your average worker who gets ill or has an accident now must often choose between eating and medical care. That's outrageous in the richest country on earth. The health care lobby's 35 million plus in campaign contributions to BushCo won them something like 350 billion in longterm windfall profits. The biggest payoff was Bushies forbidding the federal government from negotiating for anything less that fuyll retail price for pharmacuticals. It's a huge-huge ripoff second only to Bushie energy gouging.