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To: Katelew who wrote (134426)	3/23/2010 5:35:30 PM
From: Travis_Bickle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543060

Imo generally when someone dies in the street it is because he got shot in the face.

To: Katelew who wrote (134426)	3/23/2010 7:29:08 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543060

<<<I don't think you realize yet just how expensive this plan is going to be for the government to maintain. It's offering lots of benefits to many more people than the currently uninsured who can't afford to buy insurance.>>> I didn't make myself clear. Let me try again. Universal health care is inevitable. There is, imo, no other solution. Not providing universal healthcare is tantamount to allowing people die in the streets. I don't know how people actually die. I have only been present to see someone die only a few times in my life. I don't actually know the process of how those millions (?) of people without access to healthcare die from illness that would not have died if they had adequate health care, but I could imagine that it is not pretty. We know that all the advanced nations in the world provide universal health care for less than 15% of gdp. How is universal healthcare any different or any less important than wiping out illiteracy or mandating that all kids get educated.