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To: neolib who wrote (214771)	1/25/2007 3:47:27 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Neolib, I meant to say that Medicare is not insurance, even though we call it that. ------------------------------------------ Semi-conductor and auto cos. are manufacturers. Healthcare is a service industry and uniquely unsuited for the traditional methods of competition, I would argue.

To: neolib who wrote (214771)	1/25/2007 4:25:02 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

You think I should bother providing proof that competitive systems work better than non-competitive systems? Yes. You have a knee-jerk reaction that is much too simplistic for the real world. Sometimes for-profit works, sometimes it doesn't. Why, for example, do we spend about 5-10 times as much for a soldier in Iraq as we do for a contractor especially when said contractor is doing the same thing? That's the public sector versus the private sector. Why, in that example, is the public sector is cheaper? Some parts of semiconductor companies are non profit. There are technologies developed at publicly-funded universities and through grants which support future product development. There are also publicly granted monopolies in the form of patents. As I said, you have a very simplistic view of the world. You need to see reality.