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Article #848Re: Trust Me - I'm from the Government to help you
From: Phil Hughes
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:42
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:42
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slh@gibdo.engr.washington.edu wrote:
: In article <1993Jan20.071414.4698@fylz.wa.com> fyl@fylz.wa.com (Phil Hughes) writes:
: |I don't understand why this is such a problem for Americans.
: |Americans are willing to shop at Pace and other large-scale retailers
: |that eliminate the middleman. The Canadian health care system is
: |exactly the same -- eliminate unnecessary middlemen and the cost goes
: |down.
:
: because we have a choice of whether or not we go to costco.
: should we have one phone carrier, one postal service,
: one grocery store, one...?
: the same could be said of all of them.
And in Canada (unlike HMOs here) you have a choice of what doctor you go
to. Why do people continue to attempt to equate one insurance provider
with on choice in health care?
--
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