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To: Road Walker who wrote (434544)	11/12/2008 12:27:10 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574094

Japan has national health care. And in their US manufacturing a much younger work force without the legacy cost for retirees. National health care (without employer participation) would make a lot of US companies more competitive. Yep. Let's just bail ALL of them out; free health insurance for EVERYONE.

To: Road Walker who wrote (434544)	11/12/2008 2:19:49 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574094

National health care, would relieve companies locked in to high health care expenses like GM. But it is just passing the burden on to the government, which means passing it on to tax payers (which include companies, and also their customers and workers). The cost doesn't go away. If passing costs on to government is such a winning strategy why don't we pass their cost for steel on to the government, and maybe pay their labor costs as well. Gee GM can really be profitable now, we just have tax payers pay all its costs and watch as its stock soars...