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To: Ilaine who wrote (204411)	9/26/2006 2:51:57 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"Dear Lord. That says volumes about you, and none of them good." Tell that to my vets. They'll be really interested in your assessment.

To: Ilaine who wrote (204411)	9/26/2006 3:09:05 PM
From: Ichy Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I can't even get the doc of my choice to care for me in my own hospital. That's a contractual matter between your doctor and the hospital. Nothing to do with health insurance. Wait till you get public health care, then you will have your eyes opened..... Doctor of your choice, in order to get a minor skin cancer burned off, first you go to your own doctor who gives you a referral to the doctor he is connected with then you go in for an exam, then you go for treatment. if you want a particular Doctor then it takes real work. When the cancer comes back, you do it over again..... If it is serious and you need surgery you get into who has surgery rights where, and who can refer you to whom.....

To: Ilaine who wrote (204411)	9/26/2006 3:28:49 PM
From: Noel de Leon	Respond to of 281500

"Switzerland doesn't count the death of very small babies, less than 30 centimeters (11.8 inches) in length, as a live birth, according to Nicholas Eberstadt, a former visiting fellow at Harvard's Center for Population and Developmental Studies. So comparing the 1998 infant mortality rates for Switzerland and the U.S. (4.8 and 7.2,respectively, per 1,000 live births) is comparing apples and oranges." You need to compare the number of less than 30 cm. infant deaths(A) reported in the US and then recalculate the infant mortality based on the reduced number that results by subtracting A from the total number of infant mortalitys. Otherwise the conclusions from your article are subject to the "apple and orange" criticism.