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Mark Crispin (mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU) wrote:
: One thing I don't understand about this health care debate is whether
: the proponents of universal health care really mean what they say.

Yes, we do.

: Consider the VA (my mom's husband works there as a medical claims
: examiner) as an example of what government-run universal health care
: would be like.

This example has nothing to do with what we are talking about.  We are
not talking about government provided health care (doctors working for
the government, hospitals owned by the government, etc) we are talking
about having one insurance provider (logically the state or federal
government) paying the bills.  Quite different from how the VA works.

For anyone confused by the difference or not understanding how the health
care system works in Canada, I would be happy to send you a copy of
the article I wrote about a panel discussion that took place last May
where this was all explained.

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