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To: Cogito who wrote (55433)	3/22/2008 4:30:14 PM
From: NAG1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542169

Allen, I believe the correct statement is that bankrupticies are in a large way, related to medical debt. This is from 2005 and uses data from 2001 but I have heard that the same still applies today ama-assn.org It is the main reason that as a country, we need to get it together and figure out a way to do this and not break the bank. Just another interesting piece with some commentary. I believe that they use the same numbers dr_saaron.blogspot.com Neal

To: Cogito who wrote (55433)	3/22/2008 5:21:59 PM
From: quehubo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542169

Cogito - Sorry to hear of your illness. Fortunately this country provides very good health care for who cant afford to pay for it. The country also assures you can get good housing at a subsidized rate. Of course by the time you get this benefit you have exhausted most all of your assets. I think universal health care is inevitable, along with the decline of health care services. With my present situation I imagine I could retire comfortably around 50 years old but I wont do it without assured medical insurance until I am eligible for Medicare. Perhaps my employer will still offer insurance for early retirees at 55, but that is a long way off for now. I already work at least 40% of the year to pay taxes, if we have universal health care I may be much more inclined to look to retire and pay much less taxes. No doubt you can tell I appreciate some of the programs probably brought out by the left. I think affirmative action had its time and place. Welfare within limitations, etc. But I do think the programs had many undesirable impacts on the poor, especially the black community. I cannot explain otherwise when I see story after story of poor uneducated immigrants coming to the USA and realizing it is the land of opportunity. So I have my eyes and ears open to see just how far left and dangerous this far left liberal Obama will take us. The only consolation with Obama in the White House will be the hope maybe it will motivate a change in his community that suffers so much at its own hand. Rev, Wright complained about the statistics of black incarceration. Who do you think the vast majority of the victims were? You saw the stats I posted earlier, the very people in his church are the ones most likely to suffer.