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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (19069)	8/31/2010 1:06:01 PM
From: Lane3	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Right, the first link you found from 2007....such a diligent researcher like you would be expected to look at more than one of the older links when so many newer ones were on the same list....gee, I wonder why you did that? I explained why I chose that link. It was the first one I came to and it was "close enough for government work," sufficient to make my point. On the table was your notion: "The fact remains that most of the world has some form of national insurance" From your link: "Of the 195 countries recognized by the United Nations, 16 (8.2 percent) have single-payer health care systems, meaning citizens’ medical costs are paid for out of a single (usually government-run) pool to which a variety of public and private sources may contribute. A further 51 countries (26.2 percent) provide universal coverage through other means. " Whether you use my quick and dirty link or your more "diligent" one, it doesn't matter. Your statement is still incorrect. The vast majority of countries sill don't have national health insurance.