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To: TimF who wrote (51995)	3/5/2008 11:03:50 PM
From: rich evans	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 540948

Of the 40mill people without insurance which is the number people use, I think a large proportion are young people who choose not to get it , something like 1/2. All the young people I know do not buy insurance unless provided by employer. Then we have 10-13 mill illegals. We have to have a program which handles most of the problems but is not perfect in every case. The swiss system does this. Lots of people may not comply with the law and get the insurance but the same is true for auto insurance. Most of us though would set up insurance and health savings accounts as required and this should keep the health problem manageble. You have to distinguish between health issues and welfare issues. If it is a welfare issue, you would pay for the insurance thru welfare. Rich