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To: geode00 who wrote (262684)	4/25/2008 3:52:08 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

providing long wait times for procedures Which can equal providing no care. The wait times can be long enough for people to die. Even when they are not, the wait times can be a severe issue. I suspect most health care would not need to be rationed because most people do not like going to the doctor and certainly do not like going to the hospital bill or no bill. Some people are hypochondriacs. Even excluding them you get an increase at the margin if the price is reduced esp. to zero. Yes, it is worth it to have people lead healthier, happier and possibly longer lives. Sure, but you haven't shown that that is the case elsewhere or that it would be the case if your ideas where adopted here. I include the growing of personal vegetable gardens in the 'preventive' care category. That has little to do with the health insurance set up of a country. No, there can be many more doctors practicing around the country. How are you going to get many more doctors, while slashing their compensation? Your more likely to get the reverse, and free medical education is unlikely to be enough to make up the difference. Reducing or eliminating the high cost of education is a good trade off for reduced pay for doctors. Maybe but it is an extra cost. And by paying that cost, you likely increase the cost, if not for the prospective doctor, than for the government. Educational aid, puts upward pressure on educational costs. Those who want to make more money can go into business. I thought you wanted to increase the number of doctors, not decrease it.