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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (3811)	1/11/2008 11:21:15 PM
From: John Koligman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

The way I read this is that if the insurance companies can't cherry pick, the price goes way up. John

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (3811)	1/12/2008 8:30:41 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

That was informative. Thanks for posting it.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (3811)	1/12/2008 4:53:41 PM
From: Katelew	Respond to of 42652

This post and the one before it are good examples of how cobbled together our healthcare system is and the kind of blowback it engenders. Democrats so far are just like Republicans in favoring a cobbled together system that utilizes the private insurance industry as the entity that sets benefits and fees for consumers. With dems in charge, it might end up less cobbled together, but it will still be relatively expensive compared to EU countries with whom we COMPETE. Our high relative cost of healthcare puts a bigger cost burden on US companies vis-a-vis their EU competitors.