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To: bentway who wrote (229243)	8/13/2013 12:39:30 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 542130

" How could it be otherwise? Are we just going to let people that walk in emergency rooms without insurance die?" Some people would definitely like to do that. Can you forget the "Let 'em die" moment from those cute cuddly republicants? youtube.com

To: bentway who wrote (229243)	8/13/2013 2:15:19 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542130

I tend to agree, its our insurance premiums which inefficiently pay for them now, although some of it is explicitly Gov funded through various programs, and of course many providers either do directly donate services, or claim to via reduced rates for medically indigent people. My own guess is that long term medical care does eventually become single payer/gov backed in the USA, like most the world, but its going to take awhile to get there, and there will be lots of ideological complaining from all sides in the process. I'm somewhat holding out hope that technology itself starts making very significant inroads into medical provider costs (at great trauma as well to those working in the field, but that how it goes), which will make care much cheaper and also much more effective. TWT how that plays out...