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To: Father Terrence who wrote (22342)	5/28/1998 11:36:00 AM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

FT, One point not covered in your excellent post is that Medicare and Medicaid have forced the health care system to play the role of Robin Hood. Medicare and Medicaid have never paid anything close to the true cost of the health care freight--not the least of which is the cost of paper shuffling you mention. Therefore, the various factions in the health care industry have been forced to make up the difference by charging more for all services--to those who are able to pay and those who are not able to pay. In other words, you are paying out of at least two pockets for Medicare and Medicaid. Holly

To: Father Terrence who wrote (22342)	5/29/1998 7:39:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Terrence, while the creation of Medicare has created (solvable) problems, you would have to believe that men are inherently malevolent and have as their main goal the creation of bureaucracies, to assume that this is why the system was implemented. Of course, since you have a black helicopter and seem to believe in the worst of the New World Order mind set, why am I surprised that you would see a conspiracy in what was more truthfully a general agreement that in a civilized society, the old should have some safety net for medical care? As I mentioned before, my own grandmother died needlessly right before Medicare came into being. All the European industrial societies provide medical care for the elderly. I really don't think you have any idea whatsoever what a civilized society is, Terrence.