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To: TimF who wrote (130297)	2/7/2010 3:50:07 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541957

You're operating under a misconception. When Canadians come to the United States for care, the bills are paid by Canadian Medicare, unless it's for cosmetic surgery or something like that. By contrast, when Americans go abroad for treatment, which happens more often than you might think, US insurance doesn't cover it. I read somewhere that there more Americans going abroad for treatment each year than there are foreigners coming here. On the subject of pharmaceutical companies, do you really believe that there wouldn't be enough profit in new drugs to motivate them to do research if people in the US weren't paying more than anybody else in the world? Do you really think it makes sense for the US to be the only country in the world where people pay the ridiculous prices we pay?