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The Value Of An Apology, At Least From A Republican's Perspective!!
"John A." wrote in message ... On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:20:26 -0700, "Bill Graham" wrote: "Bob Larter" wrote in message ... Ray Fischer wrote: Bill Graham wrote: "Andrew Cook" wrote in message I'm having difficulty working out how free competion works in health care. Say I've just been shot / had a heart attack / have some other immediately life threatening illness. How does 'free competion in healthcare' help me? I don't have time to shop around between multiple providers - my options are get in the first ambulance and go to the nearest hospital, or die. Them when I can't afford the co-pay, I either don't have it, or con the hospital I can afford it then go bankrupt later - competition doesn't help me there either. The free competition allows you to buy a very good health insurance policy for a minimum amount of money. If you consider $1000 to $3000 per month to be a "minimum" amount of money. Yeah, those sorts of figures astound me. In Australia, people were bitching when the government increased the Medicare levy from 1% to 1.5% of salary. Well, you guys need an AMA to lobby your congressmen the way they do here...... The AMA originally lobbied against the way we do it here. Then your congressmen are a lot more honest than are ours. |
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The Value Of An Apology, At Least From A Republican's Perspective!!
"John A." wrote in message
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:52:25 -0700, "Bill Graham" wrote: "John A." wrote in message ... [...] The AMA originally lobbied against the way we do it here. Then your congressmen are a lot more honest than are ours. The *A*MA and I are in the USA, Bill. Oh, you meant the *American* Medical Association. You should have said so. |
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The Value Of An Apology, At Least From A Republican's Perspective!!
"Bob Larter" wrote in message
Bill Graham wrote: [...] Then your congressmen are a lot more honest than are ours. We don't allow lobbyists here to make massive 'campaign contributions' to our politicians. Hmm, define massive. Remember, Howard (=Republican) significantly increased the mandatory contribution disclosure thresholds for political parties. Keating (=Democrat) had set it at $1,500, today it is $10,500. |
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